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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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04MADRID2529SPAIN: ZAPATERO GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZES AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Zapatero government's Council of Ministers approved July 2 a substantial increase in Spain's presence in Afghanistan. Zapatero will put the contribution to a parliamentary vote Tuesday, July 6. We expect parliament to approve the contribution. The GOS has proposed to incr [...]
2004-07-02 16:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP
04MADRID2579SPANISH PARLIAMENT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES
[...] (C) Summary: The Spanish Parliament overwhelmingly approved July 6 President Zapatero's proposal to increase substantially Spain's troop presence in Afghanistan. The vote was 302 in favor, 10 against and 1 abstention. Only the former communist United Left party and several obscure parties [...]
2004-07-08 06:43:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SP NATO
04MADRID2800SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S MILITARY PROCUREMENT
[...] (S) Summary: The Spanish MFA told us it was unaware that Spanish firms have been involved in Iran's attempt to procure military and electronic equipment, according to officials in the Office of International Affairs of Disarmament. Such attempts would put Spanish business interests at odds [...]
2004-07-22 16:28:00Embassy MadridSECRETPARM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IR SP
04MADRID2965SPAIN QUESTIONS EFFECTIVENESS OF REMOVING CAVEATS
[...] (C) Spain is reviewing restrictions it may have placed on Spanish forces that are participating in KFOR but would prefer to help strengthen Kosovo police forces to improve KFOR's effectiveness, according to Kosovo specialists at the Spanish Foreign Ministry. Following the outbreak of violence [...]
2004-08-04 12:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL YI SP NATO
04MADRID3699SPANISH OFFICIALS REACT TO PRESIDENT BUSH REMARKS
[...] (C) Spanish officials have reacted defensively to President Bush's remarks concerning Spain's withdrawal from Iraq, made at his September 23 joint press conference with Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Allawi. During a courtesy call by Charge and Econcouns September 24, the MFA's Director Genera [...]
2004-09-24 15:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SP
04MADRID4197SPAIN: BRIEFING ON IRAN PROCUREMENT ATTEMPTS IN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Dr. Thomas Zarzecki of INR/SPM, accompanied by poloff, provided an intelligence briefing to an interagency GOS audience on October 25 on arms procurement attempts in European countries by state sponsors of terrorism, especially Iran. The well-received briefing sparked discussion [...]
2004-11-02 15:13:00Embassy MadridSECRETPARM PREL MASS MOPS PINR IR SP
04MADRID4677SPAIN: CHARGE MEETS WITH CHIEF OF DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Spanish Chief of Defense General Felix Sanz December 9. Sanz said he will do all in his power to strengthen U.S./Spain military ties. He agreed it was not useful talk about whether the military relationship between the two countries is "balanced," rather Spain' [...]
2004-12-10 16:53:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS SP NATO
04MADRID4778SPAIN: INDECISIVE ON ISAF STAGE TWO ROLE
[...] (C) Summary: Charge met December 20 with Spanish National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana to discuss Spain's role in ISAF stage two. Casajuana was very reluctant to commit the Zapatero government to any role in stage two. Casajuana said it was very unlikely the GOS would announce a decisi [...]
2004-12-21 07:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SP NATO
04MADRID750DASD BRZEZINSKI DISCUSSES NATO NON-FUNDING OF
[...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for European and NATO policy Ian Brzezinski met February 26 with Ministry of Defense officials in Madrid to discuss the NATO Security Investment Program,s (NSIP) funding of Spanish air defense systems and Spain's blockage of NATO infrastructure [...]
2004-03-04 17:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MANAMA1283CROWN PRINCE PROMOTING INTERNAL INTELLIGENCE AND
[...] (C) The Charge held her initial meeting with Crown Prince (CP) Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa to discuss joint counter-terrorism efforts, the security situation and the status of the DOD Bahrain School. They also covered the Saudi proposal for Muslim troops to Iraq and the U.S. global de [...]
2004-08-16 11:49:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS MCAP PINS BA
04MANAMA1285GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: CROWN PRINCE
[...] (S) Charge presented Refs A and B talking points on the U.S. global defense posture review to Crown Prince (CP) Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa August 15 during a meeting that also covered joint counter-terrorism efforts, the security situation, and the Saudi proposal for Muslim troops to [...]
2004-08-16 14:47:00Embassy ManamaSECRETMARR MCAP MOPS PARM PREL KPAO BA NATO
04MANAMA1290BAHRAIN SUPPORTS TROOP CONTRIBUTION TO IRAQ IN
[...] (S) Charge presented Ref A talking points on the U.S. thoughts on the Saudi proposal for Muslim troops to Iraq to Crown Prince (CP) Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa August 15 during a meeting that also covered joint counter-terrorism efforts, the security situation, and the U.S. global defen [...]
2004-08-17 09:49:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL OPDC MOPS MARR BA IZ
04MANAMA1516GENERAL ABIZAID DISCUSSES REGIONAL SITUATION WITH
[...] (C) Commander U.S. Central Command General Abizaid met with King Hamad, Crown Prince Salman, and Defense Minister Khalifa on September 27 to discuss Iraq and the upcoming elections there, the need for full Sunni participation in the election, Iranian interference in Iraq, and the situations in [...]
2004-10-02 14:18:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PTER BA IZ IR
04MANAMA1524SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO
[...] (S) Mr. Secretary, we warmly welcome you to Bahrain. While the genesis of your trip is meeting with Operation Iraqi Freedom coalition Ministers of Defense on the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, your visit comes at an important time in our bilateral relationship with Bahrain. The mil-mil re [...]
2004-10-04 15:26:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PTER ECON OVIP BA
04MANAMA1553SECRETARY OF DEFENSE OCTOBER 9, 2004 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: SecDef met with Bahrain King Hamad Bin Issa Al Khalifa on October 09, 2004, in Bahrain. The King made the following points: (1) The ultimate responsibility for the security of Iraq rests with the Iraqis, not the U.S. (2) Reaffirmed Bahrain's commitment to support the U.S. both [...]
2004-10-12 12:53:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV BA SA IZ
04MANAMA1741PROTESTS AGAINST MILITARY ACTION IN FALLUJAH DRAW
[...] (U) Organizers had estimated that the two protests against U.S. and Iraqi military action in Fallujah would draw 10,000 people. In the end, only 350 people total took part in the November 19 demonstrations. Though Al Wifaq President and prominent Shia leader Ali Salman was at the front of on [...]
2004-11-22 13:21:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR MOPS ASEC BA IZ
04MANAMA1858BAHRAIN SETS TIMETABLE FOR DEPLOYMENT TO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense al-Khalifa outlined for the Ambassador the timeline for the proposed deployment of Special Forces troops to Afghanistan. Training for the deployment will begin in the UAE in January 2005. Both Bahrain and UAE want the deployment to be low profile. After me [...]
2004-12-13 06:15:00Embassy ManamaSECRETBA MARR MOPS PREL
04MANAMA1879BAHRAIN: SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO GCC FOREIGN
[...] (C) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Philo Dibble delivered reftel message to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar December 13. The minister assured DAS Dibble that the MFA would carefully consider all points of the message. 2. (C) PolEcon chief also delivered refte [...]
2004-12-15 12:12:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS OPDC BA
04MANAMA1884DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER
[...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Iraqi National Security Advisor Qassem Daoud December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Daoud said that Iraq faced a number of crises: obtaining weapons quickly; procuring helicopters and armored veh [...]
2004-12-15 12:34:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV KDEM IZ IR BA
04MANAMA1890DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER
[...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with UK Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Sir Nigel Sheinwald December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Sheinwald said that the UK government had solidified around the January 30 date for Iraq [...]
2004-12-15 12:40:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MARR MOPS PTER UK IR IZ BA
04MANAMA1891DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER
[...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Australian Defense Minister Robert Hill December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Hill said that Australia is staying in the Iraq coalition and is looking at how its forces can be more useful. DNSA [...]
2004-12-15 12:42:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AU IZ BA
04MANAMA1892BAHRAIN: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION AGREEMENT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-15 12:44:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MASS MOPS BA
04MANAMA476BAHRAIN ON SADR: VERBAL SUPPORT FOR US, MAYBE
[...] (C) Bahraini Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Abdelghaffar expressed strong (verbal) support for Coalition operations to contain Muqtada Sadr and the Jaysh al-Mahdi. Charge stressed the challenge Sadr represents in Iraq and the need for a forceful Coalition response. Abdelghaffar agreed [...]
2004-04-05 13:45:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALBA IZ MOPS PREL
04MANAMA486BAHRAINI GOVERNMENT MULL STATEMENT ON IRAQ,
[...] (C) Charge followed up with a top political advisor to Bahrain's King Hamed bin Isa on April 6 to brief on Iraq developments and urge a statement of public support for U.S. efforts in Iraq. The King's advisor said that the King and his kitchen cabinet had discussed Iraq events and our reques [...]
2004-04-06 14:45:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALBA IZ MOPS PREL
04MANAMA60HUMAN RIGHTS REVEIW OF D0D-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-14 12:23:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDBA MOPS PHUM
04MANAMA721BAHRAINIS TO WATCH ABU GHRAIB TORTURE TRIALS
[...] (C) The editor in chief of the Akhbar al-Khaleej newspaper group told CDA and PAO over lunch on May 16 that the U.S. can regain some of its lost credibility with the Bahraini public if the soldiers responsible for torture at Abu Gharieb prison are punished sternly and visibly. He expects th [...]
2004-05-17 14:04:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PREL KPAO BA
04MAPUTO338SYGSR SWING BRIEFS ON CHISSANO MEETING
[...] On March 8, Secretary General's Special Representative Ambassador William Swing called on Ambassador to brief on his meeting in Maputo with President Chissano and the current situation of the MONUC in DRC with sixteen months until the planned June 2005 elections. 2. Ambassador Swing told us [...]
2004-03-12 08:56:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS PREF CG XA ZF MZ SF UG BY UN
04MUSCAT2189OMAN FONMIN ON SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE
[...] (C) Visiting NEA DAS Dibble reviewed themes in the Secretary's oral message with Omani Foreign Minister Bin SIPDIS Alawi. Concerning Iran's behavior, the Minister recommended finding ways to address Tehran's security concerns and feelings of isolation as an effective means of reducing its [...]
2004-12-16 18:10:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS OPDC ETRD MU
04NEWDELHI7427GOI DOCUMENT: DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA-PAKISTAN
[...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...]
2004-11-22 13:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KNNP MOPS IN PK GOI INDO PAK
04OTTAWA3460CANADA: REQUEST FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-23 19:05:00Embassy OttawaSECRETMARR MOPS PREL CA
04PANAMA2231EMBASSY EFFORTS TO PROMOTE SECURITY AND
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. While Panama's remote and economically-underdeveloped Darien Region remains vulnerable to incursions by paramilitary groups and drug traffickers from Colombia, the region's security under Panam [...]
2004-09-02 20:38:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON MASS MOPS SNAR EAID EAGR PREF PREL PINS PTER PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
04PANAMA2698PANAMA RESPONDS TO CNIES DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) This message contains action requests. Embassy requests Department's guidance on questions in paragraphs 2 and 3. Embassy understands that Department wants to elicit a formal positive response by diplomatic note no later than December 1. In order to meet that deadline, Embassy would [...]
2004-11-02 20:38:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SNAR MOPS PM EARI POL CHIEF
04PANAMA586PANAMA OFFERS BETTER HIGH-VALUE TRANSIT GUARANTEE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Panama's unilateral alternative to the USG's bilateral MOU proposal may be a better force protection guarantee for US military high-value transits (HVTs). After Embassy receives actual GOP language, probably in one to two months, we will analyze it and report our conclusions and [...]
2004-03-10 21:36:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PINS EWWT MOPS PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04QUITO2382ECUADORIAN ARMS, MUNITIONS OFFERED FOR DESTRUCTION
[...] In response to the Embassy's offer to include Ecuador in the State Department's Small Arms/Light Weapons (SALW) destruction program, Ecuador's service chiefs recently provided lists of weapons and ammunition they wish to destroy. Ecuador's joint command later blessed the inventory. Post bel [...]
2004-08-27 19:59:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MASS MOPS MARR PREL EC
04QUITO2602ECUADOR SENDING ENGINEERS, TROOPS TO HAITI
[...] The Government of Ecuador has directed that EC Army engineers and soldiers travel to Haiti to participate in UN-directed peacekeeping (PKO) operations and natural disaster (hurricane) relief. Embassy officials learned September 23 that the first Ecuadorian deployment will include 66 combat e [...]
2004-09-24 20:16:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR PREL SMIG EC HA UN
04QUITO2723ELECTIONS IN ECUADOR: THE ROLE OF THE MILITARY
[...] This cable is an update of Ref B, transmitted in September 2002, just prior to Ecuador's most recent national elections. 2. SUMMARY: Although soldiers, sailors and airmen (and police) cannot vote, the military nonetheless will play a prominent part in Ecuador's October 17 local elections [...]
2004-10-08 21:07:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM MOPS PGOV PHUM EC
04QUITO3028RENEWING THE ARTICLE 98 PUSH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Article 98 negotiations in Ecuador have stagnated of late. Two factors are to blame: continued push-back from the Embassy's prime interlocutors, the Foreign Ministry and Congress, and the Gutierrez government's focus on self-preservation in the face of impeachment proceedings. [...]
2004-11-17 21:51:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL EC KICC
04RANGOON131AN ODD TRIP WITH FIVE BURMESE MINISTERS
[...] (C) Summary: Two Emboffs joined five senior Burmese cabinet ministers and others in a four-day, 1,400 mile "Study Visit" of border areas and central Burma January 23 - 26. Traveling at close quarters with these ministers revealed them to be greedy, pampered, highly organized, and perpetually [...]
2004-01-30 09:20:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS EAID BM
04RANGOON1345BURMA'S GRUNTS VS. MI: ROUND ONE?
[...] (C) Summary: An apparent up-country attack by the Burmese army's regular forces on a once untouchable interagency unit including military intelligence officers has led to speculation that long-simmering hatred between MI and the regular troops has begun to heat up. The incident is quite extra [...]
2004-10-14 00:33:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV PINR MOPS ETRD ECON BM
04RANGOON1359BURMESE PRIME MINISTER OUSTED? CRESCENDO OF
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-19 11:08:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PINR BM
04RANGOON1372TOUGH(ER) GUYS MOVE UP IN RANGOON: BIOGRAPHIC
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-20 10:43:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PINR BM
04RANGOON1401KHIN NYUNT'S OUSTER: ONE WEEK LATER
[...] (C) Summary: A week after Khin Nyunt's ouster there is calm in the streets, Than Shwe seems comfortably in power, and MI's political and probably economic power is being eroded. However, there remain many variables -- especially relations with ethnic cease-fire groups post-Khin Nyunt -- that [...]
2004-10-26 10:22:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV ECON MOPS BM
04RANGOON1437THE BIG KAHUNAS STRIKE AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: The after-shocks from Prime Minister Khin Nyunt's recent demise again shook the ground in Rangoon over the weekend of November 5-7, as two influential members of the government--the Minister of Labor and the Minister of Home Affairs--were pushed off their perches. Authorities ar [...]
2004-11-08 10:45:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PINR BM
04RANGOON1443A VISIT TO PROJECT OLD SOLDIER 101
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: INL-funded Project Old Soldier 101, a crop-substitution program founded by WWII veterans of OSS Detachment 101, appears to be doing an excellent job providing farmers profitable alternatives to raising opium poppies in the rugged hills of northeastern Burma. Approximately 4,000 [...]
2004-11-09 08:18:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALSNAR EAID EAGR PREL MOPS BM NGO
04RANGOON247BURMA'S PATRONAGE SYSTEM: THE DOG WAGS THE TAIL
[...] (C) Summary: Burma's military leadership thrives atop a flourishing patronage system that dates back hundreds of years. The junta holds the key to huge success or crushing failure for those in business, the military, or civil service, but only rewards the most loyal and pliable. Such an envi [...]
2004-02-25 10:00:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON MCAP PGOV MARR MOPS BM
04RANGOON365CAMPUS COMMOTION: RANGOON AND MYITKYINA STUDENT
[...] (C) Summary: According to Embassy sources, recent student-led protests over administrative issues at two university campuses, one located in a Rangoon suburb and the other in Kachin State in northern Burma, resulted in military intervention to restore "order." These reports indicate the regim [...]
2004-03-18 10:53:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS BM
04ROME1229GETTING TO YES ON AN ITALIAN-LED AFGHAN FSB
[...] (C) The Government of Italy, at very high levels, has indicated a willingness to contribute more to Afghanistan and to support ISAF expansion beyond Kabul. The Italians concur that rapid action to stabilize Afghanistan is of the highest political priority; they also share our conviction that [...]
2004-03-26 18:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1343ITALY ON ANTI-COALITION VIOLENCE IN IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: (C) Italian officials agree on the need to respond firmly to al-Sadr's challenge to the Coalition's authority. MFA noted the importance of not allowing Jaysh al-Mahdi to establish a "territorial presence." The Italians also believe that Iran should share our interest in containing a [...]
2004-04-05 17:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT IZ MARR MOPS PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1424SOUTHERN IRAQ: KEEPING ITALY COMMITTED
[...] (C) BERLUSCONI IS STANDING FIRM ON IRAQ AND THE NEED TO CONFRONT MUQTADA AL-SADR IN SOUTHERN IRAQ WHERE ITALIAN TROOPS ARE OPERATING. THE PRESIDENT'S LETTERS AND PHONE CALLS TO THE PRIME MINISTER, YOUR CONTACT WITH GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA, AND SECRETARY POWELL'S LETTER (REFTEL) TO FOREIGN MINIS [...]
2004-04-09 14:47:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR OPDC IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1526ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SEEKS DEPUTY COMMANDER
[...] (C) Italy expects to be a top candidate for a deputy commander position in the post-June 30 Iraq mission, Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino told Ambassador Sembler on April 19. During the meeting, which Martino requested, Martino reaffirmed Italy's commitment to the mission in Iraq and [...]
2004-04-19 17:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1527ITALY/IRAQ; FIRM ON TROOPS; WORKING ON HOSTAGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Italian authorities expressed their strong agreement with points in reftel demarche; they are determined to stay the course with the Italian military deployment in Iraq. With the Italian public still shocked by the brutal murder of an Italian citizen taken hostage, the government [...]
2004-04-20 05:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT IZ MARR MOPS OPDC PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1566IRAQ: ROMAN BREAKFAST:BERLUSCONI SERVES HAM, PRODI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PM BERLUSCONI REACTED TO ZAPATERO'S WITHDRAWAL DECISION BY PUFFING OUT HIS CHEST AND CLAIMING THAT ITALY IS NOW AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE ALLY IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE. IT WILL STAY THE COURSE BUT PUSH FOR AN ENHANCED UN ROLE TO ASSIST WITH IRAQ'S POLITICAL TRANSITION. ROMANO PRODI, NOW [...]
2004-04-22 05:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME1579ITALIANS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT CONSTABULARY INITIATIVE
[...] (C) POLMIN COUNSELOR DISCUSSED REFTEL POINTS WITH MFA DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO ON APRIL 21. BISOGNIERO CONFIRMED THAT HE WILL SERVE AS THE MFA'S POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE. HE SAID THE APRIL 22-23 POLITICAL DIRECTORS' DISCUSSIONS IN PARIS [...]
2004-04-22 15:03:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PGOV KPKO IT
04ROME1636ITALY NOT PRESSING FOR ALBANIAN TROOPS TO JOIN
[...] (C) CONTACTS AT THE MFA, MOD AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE CONFIRMED THAT PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI AND PRIME MINISTER NANO DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF ALBANIAN TROOPS JOINING WITH ITALIAN FORCES IN SOME THEATRE TO GIVE THE ALBANIANS MORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. NONE OF OUR CONTACTS REFERRED [...]
2004-04-26 13:31:00Embassy RomeSECRETMARR MOPS PREL AL IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1833ITALY WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO HAITI PKO
[...] (C) MARIO BALDI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA UN OFFICE, STATED THAT THE DPKO FOR HAITI REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY GIAMPIERO MASSOLO, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS AND GIAMPAOLO DIPAOLA, MOD CHIEF OF DEFENSE. BALDI SAID THAT ITALY WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE PKO IN HAITI. HE EXPLAINE [...]
2004-05-12 05:00:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR MOPS PREL HA IT UN
04ROME1852ITALY: AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ AND NONPROLIFERATION ON
[...] (C) Summary. Italy is likely to establish a Forward Support Base (FSB) and contribute to the existing US-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Herat as requested by the US (reftel B),according to Prime Minister Berlusconi's Diplomatic Advisor Giovanni Castellaneta. In a May 12 meetin [...]
2004-05-12 15:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ AF IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2029ITALIAN PEACEKEEPING TRAINING ASSISTANCE TO 3RD
[...] IN RESPONSE TO REF A, EMBASSY QUERIED CARABINIERI, ARMY, AND MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OFFICIALS ON ITALIAN CAPABILITIES TO TRAIN THIRD COUNTRY PEACEKEEPERS. THE CARABINIERI, WE WERE INFORMED, HOLD A TWO WEEK DOCTRINAL TRAINING COURSE FOR GENDARME-LIKE OFFICERS BIANNUALLY AT THEIR OFFICERS TRAININ [...]
2004-05-25 11:41:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PINS PREL IT UN
04ROME2096SUDAN - DARFUR MOVING WFP FOOD
[...] Summary. The World Food Programme (WFP) tells us that the two existing supply routes for feeding the hundreds of thousands of Darfur refugees and internally displaced people are in danger of immediate disruption due to the soon-to-begin rainy season. The organization would like to open a ro [...]
2004-05-27 15:29:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM EAID MOPS PINS SU WFP
04ROME2122AFGHANISTAN: ITALY EDGING BACK ON PRT/FSB
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS EDGING BACK FROM A COMMITMENT TO A PRT AND FSB IN AFGHANISTAN, PENDING GREATER CLARITY OF ITS ROLE IN POST-JUNE 30 IRAQ. WE ARE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT BERLUSCONI'S GOVERNMENT WILL EVENTUALLY JOIN A PRT - AND THINK AN FSB IS STILL NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION - BUT DO NOT [...]
2004-06-01 16:03:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS AF IZ IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME2555OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV - ITALIANS SUPPORT GOALS,
[...] (S) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR ANDREA ORIZIO TOLD POLOFF ON JUNE 30 THAT ITALY FULLY AGREED THAT TARGETING WAR CRIMINALS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS WITH SPECIFIC ACTIONS, SUCH AS TRAVEL/VISA BANS AND FREEZING ASSETS WAS AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO STRENGTHEN MEASURES TAKEN BY THE OHR, AND FOR ACHIEVING OUR [...]
2004-07-01 15:15:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC IT ICTY EUN
04ROME2692ITALY SPEEDS PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL GENDARME
[...] The Italian government is moving quickly with plans for an international gendarme/constabulary training center and is looking for immediate US input on details such as project objectives, standards, and the numerical scope of the future training program. MFA and Carabinieri officials have conf [...]
2004-07-12 07:13:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME2765ITALY - DOUBTS ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FORCE
[...] (C) Stefano Dejak, MFA East Africa Office Director, expressed doubts and concerns regarding an expanded international protection force for Darfur. He stated that introducing such a force at this stage may be premature and that internationalizing the presence on the ground may not be wise. He s [...]
2004-07-15 15:11:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME2774ITALY - FOLLOW UP ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
[...] (U) This cable includes a guidance request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) After consulting on ref A demarche with MFA colleagues and the Dutch EU Presidency, Stefano Dejak, MFA East Africa Office Director, toned down the skepticism expressed in ref B by stating that Italy and the EU are pr [...]
2004-07-16 12:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU IT EUN
04ROME2893GOI SUPPORTS DUAL-HATTING MFN-I COMMANDER,
[...] (C) Following Reftel's request, Pol-Mil Officer demarched Italian MFA NATO Office Head Giovanni Brauzzi on July 26. Brauzzi responded that Italy had already decided to fully support the US proposal to dual-hat the MNF-I commander as commander of the NATO training mission in Iraq. Italy will [...]
2004-07-26 14:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2912ITALIAN SUGGESTIONS ON COALITION STATEMENT ON
[...] (C) Embassy Rome delivered ref A message and draft statement July 27 to MFA officials Deputy PolDir Bisogniero and Director-General (A/S equivalent) for Middle East Sessa. Because both officials were occupied with the current Italian Chiefs of Mission conference, they conferred and delivered t [...]
2004-07-28 04:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT IZ MARR MOPS OPDC PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2913ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: MIL PLANNING FOR ELECTION
[...] (C) Following the NAC decision reported in ref A, operational planning has accelerated for the deployment of one Italian NRF land battalion plus a command element to provide election security support in Afghanistan. Italian military officials have told ODC Rome that the 3rd Alpini battalion b [...]
2004-07-28 04:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL IT AFGHANISTAN
04ROME3061US AND ITALY MOVE AHEAD ON G-8 INTERNATIONAL
[...] A State/DOD delegation, led by Acting DAS for Regional Security (PM) Elena Kim-Mitchell, visited Rome and Vicenza on July 19-21 to discuss the U.S.-Italian joint initiative for a G-8 sponsored Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). The delegation met with the MFA and Carabi [...]
2004-08-09 12:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT
04ROME3792GDPR/ITALY: SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLOOMFIELD AND
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy welcomes the visit of A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn for consultations with Italy on the Global Defense Posture Review. While the Italians have no major concerns regarding the changes underway at Naples/Gaeta and Vicenza, they will be eager to hear the latest U.S. thinking [...]
2004-09-30 15:11:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME3849ITALIAN PRT/FSB ON BACK BURNER FOR NEAR FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary. Facing budget cuts and with a military straining to meet its current obligations overseas, Italy will not consider deploying a PRT/FSB in the near term. However, Italy has not ruled out leading a PRT/FSB at some point in the future. Italy will keep the possibility on the back bu [...]
2004-10-05 13:11:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME3882ITALY ASKS FOR AFRICAN FOCS AND FURTHER U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-06 10:50:00Embassy RomeSECRETKPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT
04ROME3985GDPR/ITALY: ITALIANS PROPOSE WORKING GROUP TO
[...] (S) Summary. In October 6 discussions with Defense Minister Martino, D/CHOD LTG Castagnetti and MFA Director General Massolo, A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn explained where the Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) process stood in the U.S. and heard from the Italians broad agreement with the U. [...]
2004-10-15 13:59:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME4093ITALY: IRAQ NATO MISSION AND ISAF PRT/FSB -
[...] (C) In an October 22 discussion with PolMilCouns and ODC Chief, Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian Minister of Defense Francesco Trupiano and Italian J3 MG Giuseppe Marani said that at present, Italy was not considering contributing additional training assets to the NATO mission in Iraq, but wa [...]
2004-10-22 13:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL IT AF IZ NATO IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
04ROME4276ITALIAN PRT/FSB BACK IN PLAY
[...] (C) Summary. In a November 4 discussion with PolMil Officers, MFA NATO Office Director said that Italy is going forward with plans to contribute to a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and/or Forward Support Base (FSB) in Afghanistan. He stressed, however, that Italy cannot go it alone and [...]
2004-11-08 10:11:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
04ROME4562AFGHANISTA: ITALIANS COMMITTED ON PRT/FSB,
[...] (S) Polmilcouns conveyed Ref Q and B points to MFA NATO Office Director Qrauzzi November 29, and, along with DATT, discussed them with Deputy Chief of Defense Castagnetti on November 30. Brauzzi said he would shae them with Chief of Defense DiPaola on Nov. Q0. On Brauzzi noted that ItRT force [...]
2004-12-01 14:53:00Embassy RomeSECRETMARR PREL MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME4580AFGHANISTAN: ITALIANS COMMITTED ON PRT/FSB,
[...] (S) Polmilcouns conveyed Ref A and B points to MFA NATO Office Director Brauzzi November 29, and, along with DATT, discussed them with Deputy Chief of Defense Castagnetti on November 30. Brauzzi said he would share them with Chief of Defense DiPaola on Nov. 30. On the PRT and FSB, Brauzzi note [...]
2004-12-02 13:14:00Embassy RomeSECRETMARR PREL MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME4793OPERATION BALKAN VICE V - ITALY ON BOARD WITH VISA
[...] (S) MFA Balkans Office Director Andrea Orizio told Poloff on December 17 that Italy was "on board" with USG view that imposing travel entry/travel bans and freezing assets of PIFWC's and their material supporters are important tools for achieving our shared objective to stabilize the region. I [...]
2004-12-17 16:06:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK IT ICTY EUN
04ROME4908TFXO01: EARLY WFP RELIEF EFFORTS - CREATION OF
[...] USUN Rome Humanitarian Affairs Counselor Earl Gast and Program Specialist Philip Lamade were briefed by senior World Food Program (WFP) management on December 28, 2004. WFP apprised USUN Rome of its active engagement in mobilizing a task force in response to the disastrous tsunami following th [...]
2004-12-29 15:11:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF MOPS EAGR XO WFP
04ROME549OPERATION BALKAN VICE III - ITALY ON BOARD WITH
[...] (S) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI TOLD POLOFF ON FEBRUARY 12 THAT ITALY WAS "ON BOARD" WITH USG VIEW THAT IMPOSING TRAVEL ENTRY/TRAVEL BANS AND FREEZING ASSETS OF PIFWC'S AND THEIR MATERIAL SUPPORTERS ARE IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR ACHIEVING OUR SHARED OBJECTIVE TO STABILIZE THE REGIO [...]
2004-02-13 14:38:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC ZL IT ICTY EUN
04ROME638ITALIAN SENATE APPROVES FUNDING FOR MILITARY
[...] ON FEBRUARY 18, THE ITALIAN SENATE APPROVED THE GOVERNMENT DECREE EXTENDING UNTIL JUNE 30, 2004, FUNDING FOR ITALY'S PARTICIPATION IN ALL THE MILITARY MISSIONS IN WHICH IT IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED ABROAD, INCLUDING IRAQ. WHILE APPROVAL OF THE DECREE WAS ASSURED BY THE GOVERNING COALITION'S SOLID [...]
2004-02-20 14:43:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME668MFA U/S BONIVER ON AFGHANISTAN: PRT, RESPONSE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 20 meeting with Charge, MFA U/S Boniver conveyed the GOI's irritation at the USG's last-minute request that Italy lead a PRT in Afghanistan somewhere other than Ghazni, despite months of planning prompted by a specific U.S. request. She said Italy hoped to mainta [...]
2004-02-24 05:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MOPS AF IT EUN AFGHANISTAN
04ROME77ITALY POISED TO CONTRIBUTE PRT FOR GHAZNI
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. ITALY IS LIKELY TO STAND-UP A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) TO COVER PARTS OF GHAZNI PROVINCE, ACCORDING TO MOD AND MFA CONTACTS, BUT WOULD PREFER TO DO SO UNDER NATO COMMAND. ITALY WOULD LIKE USG INPUT (AND WILL SEEK NATO/SHAPE INPUT AS WELL) ON THE LI [...]
2004-01-09 15:44:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS AF IT AFGHANISTAN
04ROME798ITALY SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON PRT LOCATION
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See para 4. Italy has requested clarification of the USG's position regarding the location of an Italian Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). Giovanni Brauzzi, MFA NATO Affairs Office Director, called Pol-Mil Officer on March 1 to say that comments made by State [...]
2004-03-02 11:44:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME860AMBASSADOR BURNS REVIEWS NATO ISSUES WITH ITALIAN
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Burns discussed the Istanbul Summit, the Greater Middle East (GME) Initiative, NATO prospects for Iraq and Afghanistan and a successor mission to SFOR during Feb. 26-27 meetings with Italian officials, journalists and academics in Rome. Italy is revising its plans to s [...]
2004-03-04 16:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL BK AF IZ IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME936ITALIAN LOWER HOUSE SET TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-10 14:10:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME969ITALY: FUNDS FOR MILITARY MISSIONS ABROAD APPROVED
[...] AS EXPECTED, THE ITALIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES MARCH 10 APPROVED EXTENDING UNTIL JUNE 30, 2004, FUNDING FOR ITALY'S PARTICIPATION IN ALL ITS MILITARY MISSIONS ABROAD, INCLUDING IRAQ (REF. B). THE CHAMBER DID NOT MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE SENATE ON FEBRUARY 18 (RE [...]
2004-03-11 16:28:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04SANAA2053AMBASSADOR AND FM DISCUSSES MANPADS BUY-BACK AND
[...] (C) Summary. On August 22 Ambassador raised the upcoming visit of PM A/S Bloomfield with Foreign Minister al-Qirbi. Discussion centered on A/S Bloomfield's visit, the need to control MANPADS and SA/LW in Yemen, and ROYG support for the Interim Iraqi Government (reftel). Guantanamo demarch [...]
2004-08-23 14:09:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMARR MOPS OPDC PREF YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2346PRESIDENT SALEH TO A/S BLOOMFIELD "NO NEW MANPADS"
[...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. discussed proposed U.S. MANPADS buyback and destruction initiative with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on September 1. Saleh not only agreed to move forward with the modalities of the buyback [...]
2004-09-02 11:35:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMASS MOPS OVIP PARM PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2421ROYG FORCES KILL REBEL CLERIC AL-HOUTHI IN
[...] (C) Summary. Anti-American rebel Shi'ite cleric al-Houthi was killed on September 10 in an early morning raid on his cave hide-out in the Sa'da Goverornate. The ROYG has announced an end to the 10-week insurgency, which resulted in well over 1000 deaths. ROYG forces have already begun red [...]
2004-09-12 13:23:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PREL PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2505YEMEN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SOCCENT
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process. Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Yemen Central Security Force Counter Terrorism Unit or other members of this unit as of t [...]
2004-09-24 09:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM YM COUNTER TERRORISM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA256YEMEN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ON U.S. MILITARY
[...] (s) Summary/comment: DCM and Acting Defense Attach delivered reftel b demarche and diplomatic note to Major General Ali Mohamed Saleh, Deputy Chief of Station for Operations at the Ministry of Defense (MOD) on January 27, with Pol/Econ Chief as notetaker. Major General Saleh had already recei [...]
2004-02-04 08:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PBTS PHSA YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA2942VP HADI SHARES ROYG CONCERNS ABOUT ERITREA
[...] (C) Summary. Vice President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi convoked Ambassador on November 23 to express ROYG concerns over a November 21 exchange of gunfire between Yemeni troops and four suspected Eritrean military boats off the Yemeni Hunaish Islands. Hadi pressed Ambassador for information on wha [...]
2004-11-24 10:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL MOPS ER YM
04SANAA3094AL-JAZEERA TV PROGRAM: "THE UNTOLD WAR STORY" -
[...] SUMMARY: Al-Jazeera TV broadcast a documentary on Thursday, December 9, 2004, titled "The Untold War Story" addressing the impact and repercussions of U.S.-Yemeni counterterrorism cooperation at the economic, social and political levels. The documentary included impressions from a wide varie [...]
2004-12-15 10:03:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO YM PTER KMDR MARR MOPS PNIR COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA683HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD TRAINING
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-24 13:27:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANTODOMINGO2100RESPONSE TO JAYSH AL-MAHDI VIOLENCE AGAINST
[...] EcoPol counselor is delivering ref demarche to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Pichardo this afternoon and Defense Attache has already made the same points with Secretary of the Armed Forces MG Soto Jimenez. Embassy will SIPDIS report their responses as appropriate. KUBISKE [...]
2004-04-06 11:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS DR
04SANTODOMINGO2575DIPNOTE 11048 - PRESIDENT MEJIA NOTIFIES
[...] On April 27 Embassy received from the Foreign Ministry formal notification of withdrawal from Iraq by the Dominican Quisqueya Batallion, dated April 26. Text follows: (Complementary intro...) and refers to the situation of the Ad Hoc "Quisqueya" Task Force, currently in Iraq. As it is kno [...]
2004-04-28 13:28:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS PGOV DR IZ
04SANTODOMINGO2601DOMINICAN SECRETARY FOR ARMED FORCES SENDS EMBASSY
[...] On April 28, Embassy received official correspondence from Secretary of Armed Forces, Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez, stating the Dominican Republic's intention to remove their troops from Iraq. His letter is dated April 20 but was almost certainly written on April 26 or April 27. 2. An image o [...]
2004-04-29 11:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR MARR MOPS OPDC PREL
04SANTODOMINGO2718CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY: DOMINICAN EXPENDITURES FOR
[...] Embassy has extrapolated general costs for Dominican Quisqueya battalion August 2003 to May 2004 as follows: Salaries $75,000 monthly x 10 months for $750,000 Incentive pay, total 120,000 Ammunition and training costs 12,000 Miscellaneous travel [...]
2004-05-05 22:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OPDC MOPS
04SANTODOMINGO2753ESTABLISHING US MISSION BAGHDAD DELIVERED TO GODR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-07 15:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGT MOPS
04TEGUCIGALPA1050MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 6, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 5/6 entitled "Torture." "President Bush has been forced to use the Arab television network Al Arabiya in an attempt to quiet the wave of international indignation, especially in the Middle East and the U.S., that has arisen as a resu [...]
2004-05-07 15:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1051MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 6, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 5/6 entitled "Torture." "President Bush has been forced to use the Arab television network Al Arabiya in an attempt to quiet the wave of international indignation, especially in the Middle East and the U.S., that has arisen as a resu [...]
2004-05-07 15:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1057HONDURAS REITERATES REASON FOR IRAQ WITHDRAWAL;
[...] (C) Summary: On May 4, PolCouns, DATT, and PolMilOff met with Minister of Defense (MOD) Federico Breve and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) General Jose Isaias Barahona to discuss Iraq and SOUTHCOM's proposed Regional Training Initiative (RTI). During the course of conversation, b [...]
2004-05-07 22:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR IZ HA HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1073MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 7, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 5/7 entitled "Bush in trouble." "Things are turning out for the worse for President Bush, more than a year after the Iraqi invasion and after having declared the end of the military actions. However, the Iraqis are still resisting [...]
2004-05-11 14:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1079MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 11, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 5/11 entitled "Beyond 9/11" "If the `war on terrorism' carried out by Bush and his oil-thirsty `falcons' has been really caused by the devastating attacks on September 11, 2001, there's no doubt that the damage caused to the U.S. b [...]
2004-05-11 22:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1169MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 20, 2004
[...] Op-ed by Ramon Villeda Bermudez (current Liberal Party Congressman and former presidential candidate) in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 5/20 entitled "The war in Iraq: was it worth it?" "Senator Edward Kennedy has called the war in Iraq The Bushes' Vietnam, and his definition [...]
2004-05-21 17:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1173POST RESPONSE TO INQUIRY INTO APRIL 14, 2003
[...] (U) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on the time-line set forth in ref Y. Answers keyed to ref Y are provided in paragraph 4. 2. (S) Post believes the time-line included in ref Y is largely accurate but not complete. Post has conducted an exhaustive search of its files in orde [...]
2004-02-24 14:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETSNAR MOPS EAIR PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1207MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, MAY 25, 2004
[...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" of 5/23 entitled "At home." "The members of battalion Xatruch returned home last Friday after spending almost five months in Iraq working to support the consolidation of peace and democracy in that country." "The performance of th [...]
2004-05-25 21:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1437OAS ENVOY JOHN GATES TO ISSUE HONDURAS/EL SALVADOR
[...] On June 20, OAS envoy, National Geospacial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Specialist, John Gates completed his survey of the six disputed land border areas between Honduras and El Salvador. Gates, who began the project on August 18, 2003, was tasked (as an honest broker),with assisting Honduras an [...]
2004-06-24 20:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PREL MOPS ES HO
04TEGUCIGALPA179DRUG PLANE CRASHES AFTER INTERCEPT BY HONDURAN AIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Honduran Air Force Commander insists 1/20/04 crash of a drug-trafficking civilian aircraft was not a shoot-down. According to published statements and conversations with U.S. mission military members, Colonel Caceres stated that Honduran Air Force (HAF) interceptors twice contac [...]
2004-01-23 01:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA193DRUG PLANE CRASH SITE VISIT -- NO SMOKING GUN JUST
[...] (C) On 1/23/04, U.S. country team members (DEA, DAO, JTF-B, and MILGP) visited the site of 1/20/04 drug-trafficking air crash and were given full and unimpeded access by Government of Honduran (GOH) authorities. The Embassy team was accompanied by the Honduran Soto Cano Air Base Liaison Offic [...]
2004-01-26 12:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA203MINISTER OF DEFENSE REVIEWING DECISION TO PROVIDE
[...] (C) On mid-afternoon of January 26 the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Honduran Armed Forces informed USMILGP Commander that he would provide a written copy of the Honduran Air Force's rules of engagement for intercepting intruding civil aircraft violating Honduran airspace and for [...]
2004-01-26 23:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA209MINISTER OF DEFENSE REITERATES NO SHOOT-DOWN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense (MOD) Frederico Breve delivered a document to the Ambassador on January 27 which explains the Honduran Air Force's (HAF) standard operating procedures for intercepting intruding civil aircraft violating Honduran airspace and the use of live ammunition, includ [...]
2004-01-28 01:09:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETSNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA234TASK FORCE XATRUCH UPDATE: MADURO RESOLUTE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In face of overwhelming domestic opposition and high costs to his own political popularity, President Maduro reaffirmed Honduras' commitment to send the next contingent of troops to Iraq and indicated those troops are likely to be deployed there beyond the initial one-year period [...]
2004-01-30 22:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2529MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, NOVEMBER 8, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 11/8, entitled "Another Challenge in Iraq." "While President George W. Bush and his followers are enjoying his indisputable win, the occupation forces in Iraq have a difficult task at hand: conquering the rebel Sunni city of Falluj [...]
2004-11-09 13:00:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2636CNIES INFORMATION SHARING AGREEMENT UPDATE:
[...] (SBU) Post remains optimistic that the Government of Honduras (GOH) will respond positively by the December 1 deadline for completing a CNIES information sharing agreement via an exchange of diplomatic notes with the U.S. (ref B). Post's optimism is based on informal feedback from Minister of [...]
2004-11-23 22:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS EAIR PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2738HONDURAS APPROVES CNIES INFORMATION SHARING
[...] On December 7, Post finally received the hard-copy of Diplomatic Note 173-DT (dated November 30, 2004) from the Honduran Foreign Ministry in response to Post's diplomatic note number 316 of October 19. The Honduran note contains formal GOH acceptance of the proposed CNIES information sharing [...]
2004-12-07 21:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MOPS EAIR PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA289HONDURAN AIR INTERDICTION PROCEDURES, U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The policy statements and standard operating procedures outlined below are keyed to questions posed in ref D and based on discussion with the joint State/DOD team that visited Honduras on February 2-4. Post wishes to underscore that U.S. information sharing with Honduras has pr [...]
2004-02-07 00:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA466TASK FORCE XATRUCH I RETURNS AS HONDURAN ARMED
[...] (U) Summary: On February 20, the Government of Honduras (GOH) celebrated the return of Task Force Xatruch I (TFXI),the 370-man contingent the GOH deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF),with full honors and a military parade. Final elements of TFXI arrived in Honduras [...]
2004-02-27 23:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PGOV ASEC IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA642HONDURAS REMAINS COMMITTED TO IRAQ DEPLOYMENT BUT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Reports in the U.S. and international press which suggest that the Government of Honduras (GOH) now plans to withdraw its troops from Iraq this summer are misleading and contradict local Honduran media coverage of the issue. On March 16, President Ricardo Maduro held a press confe [...]
2004-03-17 00:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PGOV ASEC IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA672DRUG PLANE BURNED ON PROMINENT HONDURAN'S PROPERTY
[...] (U) On March 18, post received initial sketchy information involving the burned wreckage of a twin-engine aircraft in the area of Farallones in the Department of Colon on Honduras's north coast. It does not appear that any aircraft actually crashed on March 18. Upon further investigation, Po [...]
2004-03-19 20:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNSNAR MOPS PINS PREL MCAP PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA804HONDURAN RESPONSE TO JAYSH AL-MAHDI VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Honduran Minister of Defense Federico Breve (MOD) and to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Anibal Quinonez on April 5. MOD Breve had already contacted Deputy Chief of Mission earlier that day to request that the U.S. provide his office with more/better info [...]
2004-04-05 23:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA862MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 15, 2004
[...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 4/15 entitled "Iraq." "The situation in Iraq has deteriorated in the last weeks, due to the uprising of several armed groups in territories controlled by Shiites and Sunnis threatens to spread the violence to the whole Iraq." " [...]
2004-04-15 20:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA873MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 15, 2004
[...] Article in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 4/15 entitled "Sixth attack to Tegucigalpa Base." "Colonel Wilfredo Calderon Canales, commander of battalion Xatruch II, confirmed in a phone interview that the Honduran base in Najaf was attacked by unknown Iraqi forces on the afterno [...]
2004-04-15 23:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA874HONDURAS SEEKS BETTER INFORMATION SHARING AS
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 9. 2. (S) Summary: Trepidation in Honduras continues to rise amid press reports that U.S. troops are preparing an assault on the city of Najaf, Iraq, to arrest and/or kill Muqtaba al Sadr and put an end to the armed uprising by his militia [...]
2004-04-16 03:10:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPREL MOPS MARR IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA893HONDURAS TO WITHDRAW IMMEDIATELY TROOPS FROM IRAQ
[...] (S) Minister of the Presidency Luis Cosenza called the Ambassador at 1700 on April 16 to advise him that he will travel to Washington on Sunday, April 18 to meet with Department of State officials on Monday, April 19, to inform the U.S. that Honduras has decided to withdraw immediately its tro [...]
2004-04-16 23:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPREL MOPS MARR IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA910PRESIDENT MADURO DECLARES HONDURAS WILL WITHDRAW
[...] (C) On April 19, President Maduro alerted the National Congress and announced publicly that Honduras would withdraw its troops from Iraq as soon as possible. The Government of Honduras (GOH) cited Spain's decision to immediately withdraw its troops from Iraq as a significant factor in its deci [...]
2004-04-20 23:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA925MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 21, 2004
[...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 4/21 entitled "Retreat" "The announced return of our troops has only confirmed a decision taken by President Maduro almost a month ago that he wouldn't request to Congress an extension to authorize the presence of additional Hondura [...]
2004-04-21 21:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA966MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 26, 2004
[...] Editorial in San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" on 4/24 entitled "Return of the troops." "President Maduro has recently announced the return of the Honduran troops in Iraq, who were supposed to carry out humanitarian and reconstruction works in that country." "When the Honduran gov [...]
2004-04-27 21:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KPAO PGOV MOPS HO
04TELAVIV1451MILITARY IMPLICATIONS OF A GAZA PULL-OUT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: We assess that the threshold for IDF conventional ground force action in Gaza following a complete Israeli withdrawal, including from the Philadelphia Strip, would be substantially elevated. The loss of IDF-secured roads, fortified bases and settlements, and diminished IDF tactic [...]
2004-03-09 07:50:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KPAL MOPS PTER IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04THEHAGUE1093AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 23 MEETING WITH DUTCH POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz on April 23 to discuss an upcoming Iraqi judicial conference in The Hague, possible Dutch leadership of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan, extension of the Dutch troop deployment in Iraq, the [...]
2004-05-03 05:42:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MOPS PHUM AF IZ CH NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1115DUTCH MILITARY EXPENDITURES IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-04 07:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC MOPS IZ NL MARAD
04THEHAGUE1164IRAQ: FIRST DUTCH SOLDIER KILLED
[...] (U) A Dutch soldier on patrol near the town of As Samawah was killed May 10 when hand grenades were thrown into the open vehicle in which he was driving; others in his patrol were injured. This is the first death of a Dutch soldier in Iraq, and the first death of any Dutch soldier in action i [...]
2004-05-11 18:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL IZ NL
04THEHAGUE1210PROSPECTS FOR RENEWAL OF DUTCH DEPLOYMENT IN IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: Balkenende's cabinet is leaning toward approving an eight-month extension of the Dutch force in Iraq by mid-June, but it is far from a done deal. Junior coalition member D66 has spelled out conditions for supporting a renewal, several of which cannot be fulfilled prior to the J [...]
2004-05-17 15:19:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL IZ NL
04THEHAGUE1240NATO-AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH STAND FIRM ON GOING TO
[...] (C) In recent conversations with FM Bot, PM Foreign Policy Advisor Swartbol, and CHOD ADM Kroon, Amb. Sobel discussed request (outlined in ref A) for the Dutch to consider leading a PRT in western Afghanistan instead of Baghlan. PolMilOff separately raised ref A points with MFA Security Poli [...]
2004-05-21 13:49:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1454DUTCH CABINET APPROVES EXTENSION IN MULTINATIONAL
[...] Summary: On June 11, the Dutch cabinet decided to extend Dutch participation in the multinational Force in Iraq for eight months, i.e., until mid-March 2005, so that the Dutch troops in the Al Muthanna province can help secure stability during the transition period and the elections. As expec [...]
2004-06-14 13:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL
04THEHAGUE148BURUNDIAN PRESIDENT MEETS FNL REBEL GROUP
[...] (U) Burundian President Ndayizeye met in the Netherlands with a delegation of the PALIPEHUTU-FNL, the only Burundian rebel group that has not signed a cease-fire. The final communique calls for: (a) an International Commission of Investigation into the death of the Apostolic Nuncio; (b) the [...]
2004-01-22 17:28:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS BY NL
04THEHAGUE1566DUTCH PARLIAMENT ENDORSES CABINET DECISION TO
[...] (U) An overwhelming majority of the Dutch Parliament voted on June 22 to endorse the cabinet decision to extend Dutch participation in the multinational force in Iraq for eight months. (The Dutch have approximately 1300 troops serving in Al Muthanna province as part of the UK's Multinational D [...]
2004-06-23 14:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL
04THEHAGUE1657OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: THE NETHERLANDS
[...] (S) PolOffs and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to MFA Western Balkans Director Klaas van der Tempel on June 30. Van der Tempel said the GONL supported OHR's work against such individuals. Concerning freezing the assets of the individuals named in ref A, van der Tempel said that [...]
2004-07-01 08:56:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK
04THEHAGUE1690DUTCH PARLIAMENT ENDORSES GOVERNMENT'S PRT DECISION
[...] (U) On July 5 the Dutch Parliament broadly endorsed a recent Cabinet decision to lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Baghlan, Afghanistan. Only the small far-left Socialist Party opposed the mission. The operation, announced in a June 28 government letter to parliament, will consi [...]
2004-07-06 14:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL PGOV AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1777NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH CONTINUE TO LEAD ON
[...] (C) As reported in ref A, the Dutch government is fully seized of th situation in Sudan/Darfur at all levels, and is actively engaging Europ colleagues to increase contributions. The Dutch have already pledged o 25 million euros in bilateral assistance toward Sudan/Darfur, as well a an extra m [...]
2004-07-15 15:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU NL
04THEHAGUE1881NATO/IRAQ: DUTCH ON NATO TRAINING
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-27 06:30:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMOPS IZ NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1935DUTCH A/POL DIRECTOR ON IRAQ: TERRORISM STATEMENT,
[...] (SBU) Terrorism Declaration: CDA contacted Dutch MFA A/Political Director Herman Schaper late August 2 and got confirmation that the Netherlands would support and release the Coalition Terrorism Declaration. Early August 3, A/Pol Couns provided ref A points to MFA Security Policy Director Ma [...]
2004-08-03 11:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NL EUN NATO
04THEHAGUE2055NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: SECOND DUTCH FATALITY
[...] (U) A Royal Dutch Military Police (Koninklijke Marechaussee) Sergeant was killed in an ambush on a Dutch military vehicle on August 14 south of Rumaythah in Al Muthanna province. The 29 year-old Sergeant, Jeroen Severs, was riding in an unarmored jeep which came under heavy fire from small ar [...]
2004-08-17 15:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL IZ NL
04THEHAGUE2095DUTCH PUT UN PROTECTION FORCE ON PSC AGENDA
[...] (S) On August 23, POLCOUNS discussed reftel points with Dutch MFA officials Bahia Tahzib (Deputy European Correspondent) and Adri van Loopik (Head of the Gulf States Division in the Department of North Africa and Middle East Affairs). (Note: POLOFFS had previously discussed the issue with Ta [...]
2004-08-23 16:07:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MOPS MARR IZ GB NL UN EUN
04THEHAGUE2112DUTCH CABINET APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] Summary: On August 20, the Dutch cabinet decided to provide to ISAF six F-16 jetfighters and a KDC-10 refueling aircraft for a period of eight weeks as of mid-September for the purpose of enhancing security during the presidential elections in October. If a second round of elections occurs, t [...]
2004-08-25 10:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR PREL PGOV KPKO AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE2154DUTCH PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON IRAQ
[...] (U) Summary: On August 24, the Dutch parliament interrupted its August recess for a special session on Iraq attended by Defense Minister Kamp and Foreign Minister Bot. The parliament endorsed the additional security measures taken in the wake of the August 14 ambush of Dutch troops in Iraq a [...]
2004-08-27 15:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL
04THEHAGUE2188NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: MAINTAINING MULTINATIONAL
[...] (S) Summary: PolCouns and PolMilOff delivered ref A points to Dutch MFA Security Policy Director Maurits Jochems and MOD General Policy Director Lo Casteleijn in separate meetings on August 31. While the current Dutch deployment in Iraq is scheduled to run through March 15, 2005, the GONL is [...]
2004-09-01 15:37:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NL
04THEHAGUE2303DUTCH RESPONSE: AFGHAN OOC VOTING AND G-8 AFGHAN
[...] (C) Poloff spoke to Wilfred Mohr, Head of South Asia Division, on September 13 to inquire about Dutch/EU plans for monitoring out of country registration and voting in Iran and Pakistan (ref A). Mohr responded that the EU expected to involve its embassies in the process, but had not yet estab [...]
2004-09-13 12:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK AF NL EAID MOPS MARR NATO NAC
04THEHAGUE2326DUTCH DEFENSE MINISTER PREVIEWS SEPTEMBER 16-17 EU
[...] Summary: In a September 9 letter to the Dutch parliament, Defense Minister Kamp previewed the September 16- 17 EU Defense Ministers Informal Ministerial at Noordwijk, Netherlands. This meeting will be preceded by the first meeting of the Steering Board of the new European Defense Agency unde [...]
2004-09-15 11:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR PREL PGOV NL EUN
04THEHAGUE248DUTCH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS: IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) Summary: In anticipation of new Dutch FM Ben Bot's travel to Washington February 9 for meetings with the Secretary and at NSC and DOD we offer a snapshot of several SIPDIS aspects of Dutch military participation in the Global War on Terrorism presently under discussion in the Netherlands. The G [...]
2004-01-30 13:17:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PTER IZ AF NL
04THEHAGUE2766NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH WITHDRAWAL POSITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch government is determined to end the current deployment of Dutch troops in Al-Muthanna in mid-March in accordance with assurances provided to parliament last June. Defense Minister Kamp will send a letter to parliament in the next two weeks reaffirming that Dutch forces [...]
2004-10-28 06:48:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR IZ NL NATO
04THEHAGUE2910NETHERLANDS/EU/IRAQ: UN PROTECTION FORCE POINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-10 16:19:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NL IZ EUN UN
04THEHAGUE3015NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: RECONFIGURING THE DUTCH PRESENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A clear consensus in the Cabinet and parliament exists for concluding the Dutch deployment in Al Muthanna as scheduled. The government's November 12 letter to parliament states Dutch troops will end their current mission in mid-March, although some personnel will stay longer (we [...]
2004-11-19 08:05:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ NL NATO EUN
04THEHAGUE3162THE NETHERLANDS/ISAF STAGE II EXPANSION
[...] (S) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Security Policy Operations Director Rob Gabrielse on November 26 (preliminary reaction reported ref B) and raised it again with Gabrielse on December 2. Gabrielse said this request had been discussed within the Dutch interagency working group tha [...]
2004-12-03 15:59:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMARR PREL MOPS AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE3228THE NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SPECIAL
[...] (S) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Office Director Rob Gabrielse on November 26 and DATT also raised the issue with MOD ACOS Operations Air Commodore Pieter Cobelens. Ambassador Sobel discussed this request with Defense Minister Kamp on December 8. Kamp [...]
2004-12-09 16:51:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMARR MOPS PREL AF NL
04THEHAGUE3301OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: DUTCH RESPONSE
[...] (S) Poloff and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to Klaas van der Tempel, Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief and Pauline Diepenbroek, MFA Bosnia Desk Officer on December 17. Van der Tempel said the GONL was pleased with High Rep Ashdown's actions, and viewed U.S. actions as supporting th [...]
2004-12-20 15:49:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC NL ICTY
04THEHAGUE381DUTCH ON PRTS
[...] (S) PM Balkenende's Foreign Policy Advisor Rob Swartbol informed Amb. Sobel on February 12 that, following FM Bot's trip to Washington, the Dutch government was actively considering participating in a PRT in Afghanistan. The options under consideration include possibly joining the Germans, Sc [...]
2004-02-13 14:48:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PTER AF NL
04THEHAGUE382OPERATION BALKAN VICE III: THE NETHERLANDS
[...] (S) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche to Dutch Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs respectively on February 9 and 10. Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief Klaas van der Tempel expressed support for the action, noting the GONL had been active last year in arguing for EU visa restrictions on [...]
2004-02-13 15:24:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK
04THEHAGUE44IRAQ/NL: ARREST OF DUTCH MARINE STIRS POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: The arrest of a Dutch marine serving in Iraq following the alleged fatal shooting of an Iraqi civilian during a December 27 looting incident has stirred up a front page political controversy in the Netherlands with leading parliamentarians, the Chief Attorney General and Justice [...]
2004-01-08 15:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL IZ NL
04THEHAGUE477PRTS: DUTCH TO DISPATCH RECCE TEAM SOON
[...] (S) Ambassador Sobel met with Defense Minister Kamp on February 19. Kamp confirmed he was engaged in informal contacts with his European counterparts to discuss options for cooperation on PRTs. Following a February 20 meeting between Kamp and FM Bot, the GONL decided to dispatch a reconnaiss [...]
2004-02-25 07:36:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PTER AF NL
04THEHAGUE690DUTCH PM BALKENENDE'S WASHINGTON VISIT BOLSTERS
[...] (C) Summary: The main Dutch opposition politician Wouter Bos has inflamed the debate over extending the Dutch troop deployment in Iraq by publicly opposing its renewal after July. However, spokespersons for the three governing coalition parties stated they were inclined to support renewal a [...]
2004-03-18 09:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ NL
04THEHAGUE762DEMARCHE TO DUTCH ON POSSIBLE SHIRBRIG DEPLOYMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-23 15:05:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR MOPS PREL HA NL UNSC
04THEHAGUE766READOUT OF DUTCH PRT RECCE TEAM TRIP TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Acting PolCouns obtained a readout on March 23 on the recent GONL PRT recce team visit to Afghanistan from Joost Flamand (protect),the MFA team rep. The team visited Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif and Konduz, and had meetings with Task Force Victory in Bagram and with ISAF and UN offici [...]
2004-03-24 09:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE867DUTCH TO CONTINUE POLICE TRAINING IN SOUTHERN IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch government is not/not able to contribute any trainers for CPA Iraqi police development programs in Iraq and Jordan (ref a). However, the Dutch remain actively involved in training Iraqi police in the province of Al-Muthanna. The Dutch have also seconded a military pol [...]
2004-04-02 13:51:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS MOPS PREL NL
04THEHAGUE966DUTCH PARLIAMENT DEBATES IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 15, the Dutch parliament engaged debated Foreign Minister Bot and Defense Minister Kamp in a debate on the future of Iraq. Looming in the background is the government's upcoming decision whether to renew the deployment of Dutch troops currently in Iraq beyond July. wi [...]
2004-04-16 16:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL
04THEHAGUE969DUTCH PARLIAMENT DEBATES IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 15, the Dutch parliament debated Foreign Minister Bot and Defense Minister Kamp on the future of Iraq. Looming in the background is the government's upcoming decision whether to renew the deployment of Dutch troops currently in Iraq beyond July. Bot and Kamp parried o [...]
2004-04-16 16:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ NL
04THEHAGUE988IRAQ: DUTCH MFA ON SECURITY PROCEDURES FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. 2. (S) PolMilOff delivered ref A points to Dutch MFA Deputy Operations Director Joost Flamand on April 20. Flamand appreciated the information and asked about a specific point in CJCS Gen. Myers's April 15 letter to Dutch CHOD Adm Kroon (ref B) wh [...]
2004-04-20 15:45:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NL
04VILNIUS1117LITHUANIAN MINISTRIES WORKING ON EUROCONTROL FEE
[...] (U) We have approached the MFA at various levels to seek an exemption of U.S. military and other U.S. state aircraft from air navigation, overflight, and terminal navigation fees. MFA Undersecretary Sarunas Adomavicius promised the Ambassador on August 31 to look into the matter, and others w [...]
2004-09-14 14:46:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS EAIR KREC LH
04VILNIUS1196LITHUANIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES REVISED INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) Summary. The Lithuanian parliament September 29 approved a bill raising the ceiling on the number of troops deployable in international operations and extending authorization of current missions through December 31, 2005. The bill mandates that Lithuania deploy an all-volunteer force and [...]
2004-09-30 13:49:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1350LITHUANIA: RUSSIAN TEAM COMPLETES UNEVENTFUL VDOC
[...] (C) Summary. A team from the Russian Federation conducted a Vienna Document inspection of Lithuanian military facilities on October 27-28. The inspection covered army and air force facilities in Kaunas, Panevezys, and Siauliai, including NATO's Baltic air policing assets at the Zokniai airfi [...]
2004-10-29 10:41:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS LH
04VILNIUS1353LITHUANIA CONCERNED OVER RUSSIAN AIR INCURSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's opposition to hosting a Baltic regional air safety conference under NATO-Russia Council (NRC) auspices (ref A) is rooted in its assessment that Russian policy aims to disrupt NATO relations with its newest members and raise pressure on the air policing mission. Though [...]
2004-10-29 14:14:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINS PREL LH
04VILNIUS1380LITHUANIA'S 2005 DRAFT BUDGET SHORTS MOD
[...] (C) Summary. The draft 2005 GOL budget before the Parliament fulfills Lithuania's NATO commitment to allocate two percent of GDP to defense spending, but falls far short of providing that two percent to the military. The budget increases the share of defense money that will go to other Minis [...]
2004-11-08 12:16:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL MCAP PINR PGOV LH
04VILNIUS1411LITHUANIAN DEFMIN CRITICIZES NATO MEMBERS'
[...] (U) Lithuanian Defense Minister Linas Linkevicius, in an interview with the Baltic News Service on November 15, criticized the decision by ten NATO allies not to send instructors to the armed forces training mission in Iraq. Linkevicius remarked that he did not believe this decision, although [...]
2004-11-16 13:51:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1492LITHUANIA: DEFMIN NOMINEE PLEDGES TO STAY COURSE
[...] (C) Summary. President Valdas Adamkus on December 7 nominated Gediminas Kirkilas, a leader of the Social Democrat Party and former Chairman of parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, to become Minster of Defense in Lithuania's new government. Kirkilas, who will replace fellow Social Democrat [...]
2004-12-08 11:23:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL MARR MCAP MOPS LH
04VILNIUS1499CSBM BILATERALS GIVE LITHUANIA ADDITIONAL TOOL TO
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania has developed bilateral Confidence and Security Building Measure (CSBM) agreements in accordance with the 1999 Vienna Document of OSCE and CFE requirements with Russia, Belarus and its Nordic neighbors. For Lithuania, the bilateral agreements enhance military transparenc [...]
2004-12-09 09:51:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS LH
04VILNIUS1546NEW LITHUANIAN DEFMIN COMMITS TO CONTINUED SUPPORT
[...] (U) This cable contains two action requests. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (C) Summary. New Lithuanian Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas told the Ambassador that Lithuania would remain engaged in Afghanistan and Iraq during a December 21 tour d'horizon of our bilateral military-military re [...]
2004-12-22 12:51:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS MASS LH
04WELLINGTON1044NEW ZEALAND ON REQUEST FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS
[...] (S) Ambassador discussed reftel request with New Zealand (NZ) Foreign Minister Phil Goff on December 13. Goff said that his government is reviewing what more New Zealand can do in Afghanistan. The Cabinet will reach its decision early in the new year, he said. Goff pledged to inform the Amba [...]
2004-12-16 01:29:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETMARR MOPS PREL AF NZ
04WELLINGTON641NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points and statement to the GNZ, but was careful to acknowledge the GNZ's clearly stated position that New Zealand is NOT/NOT a member of the Coalition. New Zealand has consistently indicated that the presence of 61 NZ military engineers in Basra is in fulfil [...]
2004-07-28 22:16:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NZ
04WELLINGTON652NEW ZEALAND POSITION ON RELEASING THE COALITION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-02 05:20:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETPREL OPDC MOPS MARR NZ
04WELLINGTON671NEW ZEALAND CONDEMNS TERRORISM, HOSTAGE TAKING IN
[...] (U) The GoNZ issued a press statement August 5 in support of the Multinational Force Iraq Statement on Terrorism (ref a). Foreign Minister Phil Goff reiterated statements condemning hostage takers (ref b) and affirming the GoNZ's pledge not to negotiate with terrorists. 2. (U) Begin Text: [...]
2004-08-05 20:45:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NZ
04WELLINGTON824NEW ZEALAND TROOPS RETURN FROM IRAQ; NO FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand's 12-month military deployment to Iraq ended September 25, with the homecoming of over 60 engineers and support staff. Prime Minister Helen Clark welcomed the troops, and issued a public statement confirming that no further deployments to Iraq are being considered. Wh [...]
2004-09-27 02:39:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS NZ
04WELLINGTON951NEW ZEALAND ASSESSES VIABILITY OF NEW AIRCRAFT
[...] (SBU) Summary: National Science Foundation (NSF),Raytheon, and Embassy representatives attended a logistics planning briefing hosted by the NZ Defence Force (NZDF) October 14 to assess the viability of allowing Royal NZ Air Force P-3K Orion and Boeing 757 aircraft to use the landing areas at [...]
2004-11-16 00:58:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS AY NZ
04YEREVAN1125DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ESTABLISHING US MISSION BAGHDAD
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On May 8, 2004 we discussed talking points in refs A and B with America's desk officer Lilit Toutkhalian. She noted that Armenia currently had no plans to have diplomatic representation in Iraq. ORDWAY [...]
2004-05-11 07:00:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AMGT MOPS IZ AM
04YEREVAN1345 Armenian-Azeri border clash
[...] (C) Following receipt of reftel, DAO assistant spoke with the CHOD, Gen-Lt. Haratunyan, and Ambassador spoke to Ambassador Kasprzyk and Acting Foreign Minister Shugarian. The CHOD claimed that the Azeri side had initiated the outbreak of hostile action a week ago, and then on the night of Ju [...]
2004-06-15 12:32:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS AM AJ
04YEREVAN2018 PRESIDENT SIGNS ON TO ARMENIAN-POLISH JOINT
[...] (SBU) On September 6, Armenian President Robert Kocharian signed a security cooperation agreement with Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski which will lay the groundwork for the deployment to Iraq of 50 Armenian non-combat troops with Polish forces. George Kocharian, Head of the Military-P [...]
2004-09-10 12:52:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS IZ AM
04YEREVAN2166 GOAM SUPPORT FOR IRAQ MISSION UNLIKELY TO
[...] (SBU) GOAM commitment to deploying troops in Iraq remains strong despite recent media statements and public opinion against the mission. Opposition groups have not strongly attacked plans for deployment, and Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials continue to make consis [...]
2004-10-01 10:30:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS IZ AM
04YEREVAN2494RECENT STATEMENTS SUGGEST COOLER LOCAL TEMPERATURE
[...] (C) Recent statements by high-level policymakers and opinion pieces in the local media suggest that there may be growing opposition to the pending deployment of Armenian peacekeeping support to Iraq. Reports of a car bomb explosion November 9 near an Armenian church in Iraq re-ignited a flurr [...]
2004-11-18 09:02:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IZ AM
04YEREVAN2517ARMENIAN DEFMIN SOLID ON IRAQ CONTINGENT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-22 13:15:00Embassy YerevanSECRETAM IZ MARR MOPS PREL
04YEREVAN2525 Armenian Iraq Contingent: Speaker of
[...] (C ) Over lunch November 23, Armenian National Assembly speaker Artur Baghdasarian shared with Ambassador the likely time-line for parliamentary consideration of the deployment of Armenia's non- combatant contingent to the Iraq Coalition and asked our assistance in mustering arguments to be de [...]
2004-11-23 13:48:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AM IZ
04YEREVAN2597ARMENIA'S CHOD TALKS ABOUT IRAQ, AZERBAIJAN AND
[...] (C) In his first meeting with the Ambassador, General-Colonel Mikhael Harutiunyan expressed Armenia's readiness to send its military contingent to Iraq once the government had completed the necessary review and approval. He commented on the budgetary challenges facing the MOD and the attempt [...]
2004-12-03 11:11:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MOPS AM
04YEREVAN2787 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES GOAM NON-COMBAT
[...] (SBU) On December 24, the Armenian National Assembly voted to authorize sending a non-combat contingent to Iraq. This clears the way for deployment of the approximately 50-man GOAM contingent of drivers, sappers, and medics to Iraq in early to mid-January. The resolution ratifies an agreement [...]
2004-12-27 13:57:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS IZ AM
04ZAGREB1228OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: CROATIAN RESPONSE
[...] (C) ON JUNE 30, WE PRESENTED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO ANDREA BEKIC, HEAD OF THE AMERICA'S DEPARTMENT AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY. BEKIC WELCOMED THE NEWS OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE, AND USG ACTION TO TARGET THE SUPPORT NETWORK OF PIFWCS. BEKIC SAID SHE WOULD IMMEDIATELY FORWARD THE [...]
2004-07-01 17:10:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK HR
04ZAGREB1678CROATIAN POLITICAL SPECTRUM UNITED AGAINST TROOPS
[...] (SBU) President Bush's widely publicized written reply to Ambassador Neven Jurica on Jurica's presentation of credentials has united and solidified Croatia's diverse political parties in opposition to sending troops to Iraq or signing an Article 98 agreement with us. Although some commentator [...]
2004-09-21 11:47:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KAWC HR NATO
05ABUDHABI159NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE REGIONAL STUDIES PROGRAM
[...] Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai welcome the proposed visit of 8 students and 2 faculty to the UAE as part of the National War College's "Field Studies in National Security" program in May. Post, which has already had some e-mail exchanges with NWC student Jim Swan, looks forward [...]
2005-01-10 11:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA MARR MOPS TC
05ABUDHABI231ASD RODMAN MEETS UAE MINDEF MOHAMMED BIN RASHID
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with Dubai Crown Prince and UAE Minister of Defense Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MBR),ASD Rodman expressed USG appreciation for UAE's contributions to our counter-terror and counter-proliferation efforts. In response to a question on Iraq, ASD Rodman outli [...]
2005-01-16 04:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMASS MOPS MARR PREL IR IQ TC
05ABUJA1535NIGERIAN SENATE CALLS FOR ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT TO
[...] (C) Summary: The Nigerian Senate passed a resolution requesting that President Obasanjo rescind Nigeria's Article 98 Agreement because the National Assembly was not consulted before the agreement was signed. However, the GON determined at the time of signing that it was an executive agreemen [...]
2005-08-19 12:44:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS KTIA NI KICC
05ABUJA756GON PRESENTATION ON NIGER DELTA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obasanjo has given us a document asking for cooperation in "ensuring availability, security and stability of hydrocarbon resources in the Niger Delta," although he refers to it as about the Gulf of Guinea as a whole and includes some regional efforts as a figleaf that it [...]
2005-05-16 08:42:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS EPET PREL NI
05ADANA205HABUR GATE CLOGGED BY CONSTRUCTION IN NEAR-TERM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 13:55:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELTN MOPS MARR IZ SY TU ADANA
05ADANA51COMMERCIAL LOGISTICS SUPPORT TO U.S. MILITARY IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-17 08:34:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD MARR MOPS IZ JO TU ADANA
05ADDISABABA3657ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BORDER: UNMEE FEARS MORE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: UNMEE officials told Charge on October 20 that they fear the Eritrean Government will continue to impose new restrictions on its operations in order to increase pressure on the international community to force Ethiopian compliance with the EEBC border decision. UNMEE warned of th [...]
2005-10-21 09:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PINS MARR MOPS KPKO ET ER EE BORDER UNSC
05ADDISABABA3725UNITED NATIONS REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE TO MONITOR AND RESOLVE ERITREA-ETHIOPIA CRISIS
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post seeks Department's guidance in responding to the UN's request for satellite imagery of the Ethiopia-Eritrean border area, conveyed on October 26 by the UNMEE SRSG to Charge (see paragraph 8). 2. (C) SUMMARY. Eritrea's restrictions on UNMEE operations within the TS [...]
2005-10-28 14:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS MARR KPKO ET ER EE BORDER UNSC
05ADDISABABA3747ETHIOPIA CALLS FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO TAKE PEACE-ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST ERITREA
[...] (C) On November 1, Mr. Grum Abay, the MFA's Director General for Europe and America, presented Charge and P/E Counselor with the text of a letter dated October 31, addressed by Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin to the members of the UN Security Council and to UN SYG Annan. Grum underscored the n [...]
2005-11-01 14:52:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO ET ER UNSC EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3837UNSC MISSION TO ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BREAKS NO NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japan's UN PermRep Amb. Kenzio Oshima told UN Security Council members and troop-contributing countries in Addis that his November 7-8 trip to Ethiopia and Eritrea on behalf of the Council was "technical" in nature, and did not aim at promoting political dialogue. Providing a re [...]
2005-11-12 12:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS KPKO ET ER UNSC EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3930ETHIOPIAN MILITARY OCCUPIES FORMER UNMEE OUTPOST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations officials will publicly announce today that Ethiopia has violated the 2000 cessation of hostilities agreement, by occupying a strategic former UNMEE observation post within the Temporary Security Zone that provides access to Assab. UNMEE military observers abandon [...]
2005-11-22 14:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO ER ET EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA4016AU ON AMIS: TRANSITION TO BLUE HATS "ONE OF THE
[...] (C) Summary: African Union (AU) Acting Peace and Security Commissioner El-Ghassim Wane confirmed to Addis-based partner representatives December 5 that the AU expects that the December 10-20 planning mission to Darfur to assess AMIS will make recommendations regarding the future of AMIS, to in [...]
2005-12-05 13:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS EAID SU AF UNION DARFUR
05ADDISABABA4046UNMEE OFFICIALS AWAITING GUIDANCE ON ERITREA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Eritrea's demand that American, Canadian, and European (including Russian) UNMEE staff depart within 10 days could affect Ethiopia's previous commitment to withdraw troops from the border, senior UNMEE officials say. UNMEE is awaiting guidance from New York on whether to comply w [...]
2005-12-08 06:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS ET ER EE BORDER UNSC
05ADDISABABA4072AU CONSIDERING FOUR MILITARY OPTIONS FOR DRC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the return of its reconnaissance mission to the Great Lakes, the African Union (AU) is considering four military options to support forcible disarmament of ex-FAR and Interahamwe elements in the DRC. The AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) is scheduled to meet in mid- [...]
2005-12-09 09:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO MOPS EAID CG AF UNION
05ADDISABABA4187UNMEE TRANSFERS STAFF TO ETHIOPIA TO AVERT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMEE has "temporarily" transferred 80 personnel from Eritrea to Ethiopia, in order to comply with Eritrea's demand that U.S., Canadian, European, and Russian staff depart Eritrea. While acknowledging the transfer of civilian administrative staff (e.g., handling personnel and te [...]
2005-12-22 14:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO ET ER
05ALGIERS1013AMBASSADOR RAISES EXERCISE-SPECIFIC SOFA WITH
[...] (C) During Ambassador's May 21 call on newly appointed Foreign Minister Mohammed Bedjaoui (other issues reported septel),Ambassador noted the June 6-18 Flintlock '05 special forces exercise, adding that the exercise would provide an opportunity to advance counterterrorism capabilities in the [...]
2005-05-21 15:11:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL AG SOFA
05ALGIERS1163GSPC COMMUNIQUE EXTOLS ATTACK IN MAURITANIA, LINKS
[...] (C) The Algerian terrorist organization GSPC (Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat) issued a communique dated June 5 in which the GSPC claimed responsibility for the June 4 attack on a Mauritanian military outpost near the Malian border (reftel) in which at least 15 Mauritanian soldiers and [...]
2005-06-07 14:35:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS ASEC MR AG
05ALGIERS1628ALGERIAN TERRORISM EXPERT COMMENTS ON MURDER OF
[...] (C) Summary. Algerian journalist and terrorism expert Mounir Boudjemaa told DCM August 6 that the GOA had deliberately avoided mobilizing popular support for the release of the two diplomats kidnapped in Baghdad July 21 because the government expected them to be killed. Boudjemaa was uncert [...]
2005-08-08 16:54:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MOPS AG IZ
05ALGIERS1771RETIRED CHOD COMMENTS ON MOROCCAN BORDER ISSUES
[...] (C) At a dinner hosted by the Saudi Defense Attache August 20, DCM was seated facing former Algerian CHOD General Mohammed Lamari, who retired one year ago. The Tunisian and Moroccan attaches were seated at the same table. Lamari began reminiscing about the war of independence from France, [...]
2005-08-22 12:00:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MOPS AG MO FR
05ALGIERS2225FORCE STATUS PROTECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (S) Ambassador delivered to FM Bedjaoui on October 26 Ref A demarche on securing protections for personnel engaged in the U.S.-Algerian military exercise this November, leaving behind proposed draft language for an exchange of diplomatic notes. Ambassador stressed our need for written assuranc [...]
2005-10-31 16:57:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETMARR MOPS PREL AG SOFA
05ALGIERS2309FOLLOW UP ON ASSURANCES FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-19 14:55:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETMARR MOPS PREL AG
05ALMATY1393KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY EUCOM COMMANDER'S MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Summary: On April 2, Deputy Commander U.S. European Command (EUCOM) General Charles Wald met with Deputy Minister of Defense General-Major Bulat Sembinov in Astana. Sembinov's staff presented three briefings on transformation of Kazakhstani Armed Forces and Caspian security, Kazakhstani op [...]
2005-04-11 08:33:00US Office AlmatySECRETKZ MARR MOPS PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY1901KAZAKHSTAN: DEF MIN COMMENTS ON IRAQ WITHDRAWAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstani Defense Minister Gen. Mukhtar Altynbayev commented to journalists May 17 that in his "personal opinion" the country should not send a new contingent of sappers to replace the 27 personnel Kazakhstan currently has in Iraq. The contingent is due to rotate in July 2005 [...]
2005-05-19 01:43:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL PGOV IZ KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1932KAZAKHSTAN: EFFORTS TO OVERTURN BAN ON JET FUEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the April 19 ban on export of jet fuel from Kazakhstan, post has contacted every relevant ministry and agency in the GOK to request it be lifted. Beginning with an April 22 letter to Prime Minister Akhmetov, who signed the decree, Embassy has approached the Ministries of Fore [...]
2005-05-20 11:45:00US Office AlmatySECRET//NOFORNKZ MOPS PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY2121KAZAKHSTAN: CONVERSATION WITH UZBEK HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: POEC chief met with Uzbek human rights activist Lutfullo Shamsiddinov (refs A-C) and his wife on June 2 to discuss their efforts to obtain refugee status in Kazakhstan. Shamsiddinov, who is from Andijon and witnessed the killing of civilians there on May 13, also briefed POEC ch [...]
2005-06-06 14:16:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALKZ MOPS PHUM UZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2549KAZAKHSTAN - ENGAGING THE IRAQ COALITION
[...] (SBU) On June 24, Astana PO delivered reftel demarche to Yerlan Baudarbek-Kozhatayev, Office Director for Africa and Asia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Note: This office's responsibility includes the Middle East.) PO emphasized U.S. appreciation for Kazakhstan's contribution to operations [...]
2005-07-08 10:21:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL IZ KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3072 KAZAKHSTAN BANS JET FUEL EXPORTS THROUGH END OF
[...] (U) On August 20, the government of Kazakhstan imposed another temporary ban on the export of aviation fuel, to last through December 31, 2005. According to the GOK decree, the ban on jet fuel was imposed "for the purpose of saving the required aviation fuel for economic needs of the republic [...]
2005-08-22 14:39:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKZ MOPS PREL ENRG ECONOMIC
05ALMATY4488 DEMARCHE TO KAZAKHSTAN ON FORCE ADJUSTMENT
[...] (SBU) Ambassador phoned Foreign Minister Tokayev late December 22 and told him that we would be making a force adjustment announcement, and that details would be provided to the Ministry the next day. Poloff then delivered reftel demarche in full on December 23 to Aidar Aitashev, First Secret [...]
2005-12-23 10:42:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KZ ECONOMIC POLITICAL
05ALMATY4525 KAZAKHSTAN: FOLLOW UP DEMARCHE ON ANNOUNCEMENT OF
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request, para. 3. 2. (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 28 to Aidar Aitashev, First Secretary, MFA Department of Asia and Africa. 3. (SBU) Aitashev said that the GOK was interested in facilitating Kazakhstani companies' efforts to bid for [...]
2005-12-28 15:37:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS KZ POLITICAL
05AMMAN2556POLISH CONTINGENT TO WITHDRAW FROM JORDAN'S POLICE
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Despite earlier indications that the Polish contingent at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) would remain in place (refs),the Polish contingent commander at JIPTC and the Polish Ambassador in Amman have [...]
2005-03-28 15:40:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC MOPS KCRM IZ JO
05AMMAN297NO MAN'S LAND REFUGEES FACE POOR SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven-hundred fifty asylum seekers formerly resident in Iraq have been in the no-man,s land at the Jordan-Iraq Al Karama border crossing since April 2003. In the absence of concrete assurances that they will have somewhere to go after Jordan, the GOJ fears admitting them to a cam [...]
2005-01-13 04:07:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PTER EAID MOPS IZ JO
05AMMAN3957DECISION ON RETURN OF NON-ENEMY COMBATANTS: JORDAN
[...] (C) Charge raised reftel points on May 17 with Foreign Minister Qasrawi and pressed for a quick resolution of the issue. Qasrawi replied that he would discuss this as soon as possible with the Minister of Interior to provide a complete response to our requests. The one outstanding issue, he [...]
2005-05-19 12:29:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO
05AMMAN4477ICRC BAGHDAD TO PUSH A "CONFIDENCE-BUILDING"
[...] (C) On the margins of the UNRWA Major Donors and Host Nations conference (septel),PRM PDAS Greene met with ICRC Head of Delegation (HOD) Chistoph Beney to express USG concerns that ICRC actions in Baghdad were causing a deterioration in the overall USG-ICRC relationship. Greene asked that Be [...]
2005-06-06 11:21:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PINS XF IZ ICRC
05AMMAN5043 UNEP Supporting Study of Depleted Uranium in Iraq;
[...] Summary: The United Nation Environment Program (UNEP) organized a one-day training seminar on May 31 in Amman to review depleted uranium (DU) in Iraq. Iraqi officials at the seminar said that DU presents serious health risks and is responsible for higher cancer rates in and around Basra. In [...]
2005-06-23 11:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO MOPS JO
05AMMAN537MESSAGE FOR GENERAL CASEY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-23 12:17:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS IZ JO
05AMMAN5555GREEN LIGHT FOR THE RETURN OF JORDANIAN DETAINEE
[...] (C) Charge met with Foreign Minister, Justice Minister and de facto head of the security services Mohammad Dhahabi in separate meetings over the past week concerning the return of Guantanamo detainee Khalid Mahmoud Abdul Wahab (refs). In the final meeting on July 12, Dhahabi offered authoritat [...]
2005-07-12 13:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO
05AMMAN5674ARRANGEMENTS FOR RETURN TO JORDAN OF GUANTANAMO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-17 13:54:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO
05AMMAN5839GUANTANAMO NLEC ABDUL WAHAB RETURNED TO JORDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-21 13:00:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMOPS PTER KAWC PINR JO
05AMMAN5910JORDANIAN RELEASED FROM GUANTANAMO TELLS PRESS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-25 13:40:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR PTER MOPS JO KWAC
05AMMAN6146SECURITY AND UPCOMING NAVAL EXERCISE
[...] (S) Post is monitoring closely the security environment for Jordan and for the Gulf of Aqaba in light of three potential threats reported in refs. The U.S.-Jordan naval exercise Infinite Moonlight will take place in the Gulf of Aqaba August 13-25. The deployment will include port calls and [...]
2005-08-01 13:28:00Embassy AmmanSECRETASEC MOPS PREL JO
05AMMAN6240SADDAM'S FAMILY IN JORDAN: UPDATE
[...] (C) Saddam's daughters Raghda and Rana took refuge in Amman in 2003 and still live in West Amman. (We understand another daughter, Hala, and Saddam's wife Sajida Khayrallah Tilfah reside chiefly in Doha.) 2. (S) In accordance with UNSCR 1483, paragraph 23(b),the names of the two Amman dau [...]
2005-08-03 14:35:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPTER MOPS PINR IZ JO
05AMMAN6270SECURITY AT THE JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Attacks inside Iraq near the Iraqi/Jordanian border crossing in recent months have focused GOJ attention on security on the Jordanian side of the border. Some security measures have contributed to delays for commercial and humanitarian traffic headed into Iraq. NGO officials hav [...]
2005-08-04 13:56:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PREL PTER MOPS IZ JO
05AMMAN6452HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT WITH JORDAN ON CWC
[...] (C) Acting PolCouns met with Foreign Ministry Legal Adviser Bisher Khasawneh on August 10 to present reftel talking points on the proposed bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on challenge inspections under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Khasawneh apologized for the long delay [...]
2005-08-11 12:54:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MASS MOPS JO
05AMMAN6740REACTION TO AUGUST 19 ATTACK IN AQABA
[...] (S/NF) The GOJ is conducting an intense security operation in Aqaba, and has detained some 300 people. However, the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate informs us that it has not yet reached any conclusions as to who may have been responsible for the launch of the three Katyusha rocket [...]
2005-08-21 13:28:00Embassy AmmanSECRETMOPS PTER ASEC IS JO
05AMMAN6845GOJ ATTRIBUTES AQABA ATTACK TO ZARQAWI-LINKED
[...] (SBU) Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Al-Muasher told visiting Congressman Peter Hoekstra and Charge late August 23 that Jordan believed the Aqaba rocket attack of August 19 was carried out by persons with links to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,s group. Muasher and other GOJ spokesmen were quo [...]
2005-08-24 12:24:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPTER MOPS ASEC IS IZ JO
05AMMAN7955REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 12:41:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR
05AMMAN8202SIGNING OF AMENDMENT TO EXTEND TRAINING AT THE
[...] EMBASSY AMMAN CONFIRMS THAT CHARGE DAVID HALE SIGNED ON OCTOBER 1, 2005, AN AMENDMENT TO THE LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE USG AND GOJ CONCERNING THE TRAINING OF IRAQI POLICE IN JORDAN, AS REQUESTED BY INL PDAS WILLIAM TODD. 2. ORIGINAL SIGNED DOCUMENT WAS SENT TO INL/RM, JAMES S. KOHLE [...]
2005-10-17 07:03:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDIZ KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR SOCI
05AMMAN8343MOROCCAN EMBASSY IN AMMAN REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Moroccan Ambassador to Jordan Abdel Kader Zaoui phoned Charge October 23 to request USG assistance in obtaining information on, and if possible locating two Moroccan diplomats -- Abdel Rahim Bu'ilam and Abdel Karim Almuhafadhi -- who crossed the Jordan-Iraq border at approximately 11:30 AM [...]
2005-10-23 12:04:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS JO IZ MO
05AMMAN9295DETAINEE ABUSE: ICRC ON DETENTION FACILITY ACCESS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)'s Iraq mission (based in Amman) plans to seek access to Iraqi detention facilities as well as non-permanent places of detention under MNF-I control over the next three weeks. Iraq ICRC Head of Delegation Karl Mattli told visiting [...]
2005-11-30 14:29:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PGOV PINS MOPS IZ JO
05ANKARA1076USG SHIP VISIT TO CYPRUS: WEIGHING THE COST
[...] (C) Summary: A USN ship visit to the Republic of Cyprus (ROC) at this time (ref A) would have a negative impact in Turkey. The Turks, including the military, will interpret a visit now (post-April 24 referendum) as support for Papadopoulos and a slap at the Turkish Cypriots. End Summary. [...]
2005-03-01 08:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCY TU PREL MOPS MARR
05ANKARA1103TURKS AND GREEKS AGREE TO MILITARY CBMS
[...] (C) Summary: During the week of February 14, a Turkish General Staff (TGS) delegation visited Athens and reached agreement with the Hellenic General Staff on a series of exchanges to occur over the next year. The Turks also proposed a list of 20 measures for Greece to consider the two doing [...]
2005-03-02 15:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR TU GR
05ANKARA1319GOT PROTESTS PORT VISIT BY US NAVY TO RHODES
[...] (U) The Embassy received on March 8 a Diplomatic Note dated March 4 regarding a Jan. 22-25 port visit to the island of Rhodes by the US Navy ship The Sullivans-DDG 68 (DDG-Guided Missile Destroyer). Text is at para. 3. 2. (C) COMMENT: We believe this is the first formal protest by the GOT [...]
2005-03-11 05:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR GR TU
05ANKARA14TURKISH FIRST ARMY COMMANDER APOLOGIZES PRIVATELY
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish First Army Commander GEN Tolon was apologetic about his Dec. 19 statement implying the US was complicit with the attack on Turkish police in Mosul when ODC Chief Maj Gen Sutton discussed it with him during a Dec. 29 courtesy call. Tolon said he had assumed that the moveme [...]
2005-01-03 12:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINR IZ TU
05ANKARA1900TURKISH AEGEAN ACTIVITY RETURNING TO 2003 LEVELS
[...] (C) Summary: 2004 had specific events (Cyprus negotiations, Olympics, EU Summit) which prompted Ankara to hold down its flight activity in the Aegean down, but it is now apparently ramping its activity back up to 2003 levels. While the Turks see this as returning to normal, the military is i [...]
2005-04-01 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR TU GR
05ANKARA1906TURKEY PREPARING TO BREAK SILENCE ON THE US CARGO
[...] (S) Following nine months of silence since the US formally asked Turkey to allow the US to establish a cargo hub at Incirlik Air Base for the transit of cargo in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF),recent public comments by Turkish officials may sugge [...]
2005-04-03 14:06:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PGOV TU
05ANKARA2060TURKISH MFA OFFICIAL: "NATO INVOLVEMENT IN THE
[...] (C) Turkey shares with us the goal of eventual NATO involvement in the Black Sea, an MFA official told us April 7. At BLACKSEAFOR's March 31 senior officials meeting, the members agreed on a common threat assessment and agreed that it would be beneficial to build some ties with outside states [...]
2005-04-08 15:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS MARR PREL PARM TU RS GG UP RO BU NATO
05ANKARA2099TURKISH DCHOD TELLS USTRANSCOM ANSWER ON CARGO HUB
[...] (S) Summary: DCHOD Gen Basbug told USTRANSCOM Commander Gen Handy that he saw no insurmountable problems in the US-Turkey military-to-military relationship. To repair other parts of the relationship, Basbug thought the US should take action against the PKK/Kongra Gel in northern Iraq (somethin [...]
2005-04-12 14:52:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA2302CHOD OZKOK'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) Summary: The current public investigations of corruption within the Turkish military are unprecedented and apparently the responsibility of one man -- TGS Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok. Whether his motivation is to retain (or regain) public support for the military, show up an AKP government tha [...]
2005-04-22 11:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS PINR TU
05ANKARA2314TURKS PREPARING FOR PKK SPRING OFFENSIVE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 17. Summary ------- 2. (S) The GOT appears to be convinced that the PKK is going to carry out its first "spring offensive" in southeast Turkey since 1999. Press and intel reporting indicate the Turks have moved two commando brigades towar [...]
2005-04-22 13:29:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL MOPS PREF TU IZ IR SY
05ANKARA242TRILATERAL TALKS ON PKK/KONGRA-GEL
[...] (C) U.S., Turkish, and IIG officials met Jan. 11 in Ankara for trilateral talks on PKK/Kongra-Gel. All sides agreed to our common resolve to defeat this organization, but the insurgency and Iraq's delicate transition all but rule out direct military action in the near term. At U.S. suggestion [...]
2005-01-13 16:09:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PREF MOPS TU IZ
05ANKARA2555TURKEY APPROVES USE OF INCIRLIK AIR BASE AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ten months after the US requested to establish a multi-directional cargo hub at Incirlik Air Base to support Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF),the Government of Turkey (GOT) has agreed to the establishment of a cargo hub on terms slightly more re [...]
2005-05-04 14:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU
05ANKARA2651ACTION REQUEST: AIRLIFT FOR WOUNDED IRAQI KURDS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Late May 6, MFA Iraq Department Head Avni Botsali informed polmiloff that KDP leader Massoud Barzani had requested that Turkey medivac 27 of the injured from the Erbil bombing and 10 of their family members for advanced medical care [...]
2005-05-06 18:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA2672TURKEY MAY AGREE TO INFORMAL NATO-EU MINISTERIAL
[...] (C/NF) Summary: At NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer's reported request, Turkey may soon agree to biannual NATO-EU informal meetings in order to move forward on NATO-EU cooperation. MFA officials told us May 6 that FonMin Gul has agreed in principle to this idea, but has not formally signed off as yet [...]
2005-05-09 15:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS TU CY MT NATO EUN
05ANKARA2697NATO-EU: FONMIN GUL AGREES TO BIANNUAL INFORMAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-10 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU CY MT NATO EUN
05ANKARA2730TURKEY MOVES FORWARD (AGAIN) ON AEGEAN CBMS
[...] (C) Summary: The CBMs announced during Greek FM Molyviatis' visit to Turkey are on track after a temporary freeze while TGS waited to see Athens' response to a mid-April incident when a desecrated Turkish flag was placed in the room of a Turkish cadet on an official exchange to the Greek mil [...]
2005-05-12 08:31:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR TU GR
05ANKARA2837ABSENT GOT LEADERSHIP, TURKISH MILITARY LAUNCHES
[...] (C) Summary: Contacts report heavy Turkish military presence in southeastern Turkey. Adana PO reports that, while rural flows of recruits to the PKK may be occurring, contacts are not seeing a similar phenomenon from urban areas. Absent any Erdogan government strategy for dealing with the [...]
2005-05-19 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS MOPS PHUM TU
05ANKARA2892ACTION REQUEST: TIME TO RESTART TRILATERAL
[...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 8. 2. (C) The United States engaged in trilateral talks with the Turkish and Iraqi governments on trucker security on Nov. 30, 2004 and on the PKK on Jan. 11 of this year. At both sets of talks--which were USG initiatives--all three sides agre [...]
2005-05-20 15:19:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ETRD MOPS EAID TU IZ US
05ANKARA2893APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 GAERC
[...] (C) As part of Embassy Ankara's ongoing effort to advise the Turkish MFA of USG positions vis-a-vis the European Union, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA European Union Directorate Political Affairs Department Head Hakan Akbulut, who initially asserted that Turkey had parallel attitudes as [...]
2005-05-23 08:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCH PREL SU MARR MOPS TU EUN
05ANKARA3405TURKEY SEEKS MEDIATION ROLE FOR TALAFAR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. five. 2. (C) Late on June 10, MFA Head of Department for Iraq H. Avni Botsali informed PolMilOff that Turkey was planning to bring approximately 20 Sunni and Shia leaders--presumably Turkmen--from the troubled northwest Ninewa city of Talafar [...]
2005-06-15 13:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ
05ANKARA3418TURKS EXPRESS CONCERNS OVER WASHINGTON POST STORY
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Safak Gokturk raised with PolMilCouns on June 15 a story in the Washington Post that day reportedly based on a cable from REO Kirkuk on Kurdish authorities "extra-judicial detentions" and sec [...]
2005-06-17 04:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MOPS IZ TU
05ANKARA3456NON-KINETIC ACTION AGAINST THE PKK
[...] (S/NF) As I prepare to depart Ankara, I am leaving behind one serious piece of unfinished business: the PKK's continued and apparently unmolested and unchallenged presence in northern Iraq. This problem is especially irksome because in recent months the PKK has resumed its active terror campai [...]
2005-06-17 10:08:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL MOPS PREF TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA357CENTCOM CDR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: GEN Abizaid and Foreign Minister Gul agreed on the goal of a stable, democratic and unified Iraq during their January 11 meeting in Ankara. Gul reiterated Turkey's support of elections in Iraq occurring on time with the fullest possible participation. Turkey is reaching out to [...]
2005-01-22 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR TU IZ
05ANKARA3954GEN BASBUG AND CHARGE DISCUSS IRAQ, PKK, BILATERAL
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy TGS Chief GEN Ilker Basbug believes that MNF-I has a new order to "track and capture" PKK personnel in Iraq. (We are checking.) He thought this was a positive indication of US intentions towards the terrorist group. The Charge told Basbug she would have an answer soon t [...]
2005-07-07 13:08:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ IR SY PKK
05ANKARA3963ACTION REQUEST: TF FREEDOM AND TF WARRIOR LNO TO
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy seeks urgent DIA assistance in filling the position of Liaison Officer to the Turkish Special Forces in Northern Iraq. This position is vital in order to collect intel on the Turks' plans and intentions for Iraq, for crisis management, and for helping us pass real-time [...]
2005-07-07 15:21:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS PREL PINS TU IZ
05ANKARA4012TURKISH MFA, TURKMEN FRONT ALLEGE KDP AND BADR
[...] (C) During a long June 30 discussion on the situation in the northwest Ninewah province town of Talafar, Ankara Iraqi Turkmen Front representative Ahmet Muratli alleged to PolMilOff that KDP leader Masoud Barzani was fomenting sectarian violence in the town through payoffs and encouragement to [...]
2005-07-10 11:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER TU MOPS IZ
05ANKARA4070DARFUR/NATO: FURTHER DETAILS ON TURKISH AIRLIFT
[...] (C) On July 13, PolMilOff called on COL Halit Yilmaz, TGS J3 NATO Branch Chief, to discuss Turkish airlift support for Darfur. Yilmaz confirmed that Turkey will provide one C130 from Sept. 20-29. Its mission--along with the Danes--will be to lift equipment from Kenya and/or Chad to Darfur to [...]
2005-07-13 14:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL TU SU NATO EUN
05ANKARA4095ISAF: TURKEY AND FRANCE WORKING OUT SHARED COMMAND
[...] (C) On July 13, PolMilOff called on TGS J3 NATO Branch Chief COL Halit Yilmaz to discuss Turkey's plans to contribute to security in Afghanistan after its ISAF VII command ends next month (see ref a). Yilmaz confirmed that the Turkish and French militaries are working on a formula for how to [...]
2005-07-14 16:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL TU AF FR NATO
05ANKARA4182TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: UPDATE ON PRO-PKK POLITICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-19 14:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PHUM PREL TU POLITICAL PARTIES
05ANKARA4186TURKEY AND THE PKK: RAISING THE HEAT
[...] (S/NF) Both the Turkish Deputy CHOD and MFA spokesman publicly confirmed July 19 that Turkey reserves the right to conduct cross-border operations against the PKK in northern Iraq. Additionally, the D/CHOD, GEN Ilker Basbug, reported that the U.S. has ordered the arrest (or capture) of key PKK [...]
2005-07-19 17:54:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL MOPS PGOV TU IZ EUN PKK
05ANKARA4215TURKISH MILITARY ON PKK: CALM DOWN PUBLIC
[...] (S) Summary: In an extended one-on-one meeting July 20 with Turkish D/CHOD Basbug, Charge cautioned against an accelerating public dispute between Turkey and the US over PKK countermeasures, including &hot pursuit8 into Iraq. Basbug agreed on the importance of calming down public rhetoric [...]
2005-07-20 17:12:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL MOPS PGOV TU IZ EUN PKK
05ANKARA4245EUR/SE DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S VISIT TO ADANA: KURDISH
[...] (C) Summary:Incoming EUR/SE Dep. Director Baxter Hunt visited Adana on July 19, meeting with local AK Party officials, attorneys and human rights advocates, and 39th Wing officials. AK party officials expressed confidence about the continuing appeal of the party and cited the lack of U.S. act [...]
2005-07-22 13:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PHUM TU PKK
05ANKARA4364CHARGE DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS,
[...] (C) Summary: GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Koruturk told Charge July 25 that Turkey hopes the Sunni Arabs will return soon to constitutional negotiations. He rebutted Kurdish criticism of Turkish outreach efforts, expressed concern that the Kurds may be agitating for Turkish troops to leave nort [...]
2005-07-27 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS TU IZ SY
05ANKARA4366FUEL SUPPLY CHAIN INTO IRAQ BACKED UP; RISK OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-28 04:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ETRD MOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA4367FUEL SUPPLY CHAIN INTO IRAQ BACKED UP; RISK OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-28 04:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ETRD MOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA4732TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, JULY 2005
[...] Throughout the month, government and military officials publicly accused each other, Turkey's neighbors, the EU and the US of inaction to respond to the PKK terrorist threat. However, they were unified in emphasizing that Turkey reserved the right to pursue the PKK into Iraq if necessary. Turk [...]
2005-08-11 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA4781ISAF: TURKEY AND FRANCE TO HOLD MIL-MIL TALKS ON
[...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia Aydin Evirgen told PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns on Aug. 9 that a French military team would arrive in Ankara within days to hold talks with the Turkish General Staff (TGS) on the modalities of the proposed shared command of ISAF Central Regi [...]
2005-08-15 12:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL TU AF FR NATO
05ANKARA4873TURKEY'S LATEST CONCERNS OVER KURDISH ASPIRATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Undersecretary for Security Affairs Nabi Sensoy called in Charge to raise Turkey's concerns over supposed Iraqi Kurdish demands that their right to self-determination be reflected in the new constitution, including their right to hold a referendum on the issue in eight year [...]
2005-08-19 11:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA4906TURKISH MFA ON PKK TRILATERAL FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Per Ref A request, PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns on Aug. 19 presented to MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) for Security Affairs Bicakli the Framework for Action resulting from the recent PKK Trilateral Talks. Bicakli conf [...]
2005-08-22 15:59:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA499TURKS SEEK PROCEDURE FOR EMERGENCY HELO FLIGHTS
[...] (S) Summary: TGS has requested permission to fly Turkish military helicopters into northern Iraq in case of an emergency and also for rotating personnel in and out of the area. We understand such permission would require the overall permission of the IIG, though MNF-I would implement the nece [...]
2005-01-28 16:46:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA5114STATE OF PLAY ON TURKEY-PKK
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The PKK issue remains at the top of the political agenda in Turkey. Ethnic tensions--along with the death toll--are on the rise, while crowds at funerals of soldiers killed in PKK attacks have added "Damn the USA" to their traditional chant, "Damn the PKK." The Turks apprecia [...]
2005-09-01 14:00:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV MOPS TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA5165TURKS CONCERNED ABOUT TALAFAR
[...] (C) The GOT Deputy Special Envoy for Iraq, Ethem Tokdemir, briefed PolMilCouns Sept. 1 on Turkish concerns and actions regarding Talafar. He reported that a delegation of 17 tribal Turkmen leaders from Talafar (nine Shia, six Sunni, two unknown--full list in para. 5) traveled to Ankara and met [...]
2005-09-02 16:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
05ANKARA5209TURKS AND TALAFAR: CONTINUING CONCERN, MOUNTING
[...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 4. 2. (C) Summary: The GOT continues to express deep concern about the situation in Talafar, a predominantly Turkmen city in northwest Ninewah province. MFA officials have peppered us with questions about the latest situation there and have [...]
2005-09-07 15:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EAID TU IZ
05ANKARA5221TALAFAR SITUATION: TURKS ALLEGE IRANIAN (AND
[...] (C) Summary: A senior Turkish MFA official speculated that Iran and/or the Iraqi Kurds may be "playing a game" in Talafar in order to eventually control the city, using CF ops to their own ends. We continue to try to feed as much factual information on Talafar as possible to the Turks in orde [...]
2005-09-08 08:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EAID TU IZ
05ANKARA5222NEW DCHOD WANTS US TO TAKE ONE STEP TO DEMONSTRATE
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish General Staff (TGS) Deputy Chief GEN Isik Kosaner told the Charge on Sept. 7 that he wanted to further improve US-Turkey mil-mil relations during his tenure. He pointed to the expected Sept. 8-9 visit of EUCOM CDR and CENTCOM D/CDR as a positive contribution to a relatio [...]
2005-09-08 09:45:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PINR TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA5247TALAFAR SITUATION: TURKS WANT TO SEND HA SEPT. 10
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (C) Recalling his discussion with us the previous day (reftel),MFA MidEast DG Oguz Celikkol contacted polmilcouns Sept. 8 to relay that the Turkish Red Crescent was preparing to send "on Saturday or Sunday" (Sept. 10 or 11) from Ankara three [...]
2005-09-08 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EAID TU IZ
05ANKARA5306TURKS ALLEGE COALITION F-16S VIOLATED TURKISH
[...] (C) Turkish General Staff informed ODC Turkey Sept. 9 that it had data indicating that on the same day two F-16 aircraft "assumed having taken off from Iraq" violated Turkish airspace 20 km southeast of Sirnak. TGS's note claimed that the aircraft entered Turkish airspace at 1155 local time at [...]
2005-09-12 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA5319TURKS WILL NOT ACCEPT UIGHURS FROM GITMO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-13 13:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR TU CH
05ANKARA5420TURKEY APPARENTLY NOT YET DECIDED ON CANCELING
[...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA and TGS will discuss the cancellation of military exercises on Sept. 19. MFA is inclined to cancel (if Greece does); the TGS J5 Greece/Cyprus Branch Chief told us he will recommend the decision be linked to whether EU accession negotiations commence Oct. 3. We be [...]
2005-09-16 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL CY GR TU
05ANKARA5452TURKISH RED CRESCENT DELIVERS HUMANITARIAN AID TO
[...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 8. 2. (C) Summary: Press coverage of the Turkish Red Crescent's delivery of humanitarian assistance to displaced persons' camps near Talafar has included accusations by Red Crescent that U.S. forces intimidated Turkish aid workers and attempte [...]
2005-09-20 16:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EAID TU IZ
05ANKARA5627TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, August 2005
[...] (SBU) Discussion of a new National Security Policy document (outlining the government's priorities with regard to threats to Turkey's internal and external security),which was postponed to August from the June NSC meeting, was not discussed in the NSC bi-monthly meeting of August 23. No offic [...]
2005-09-27 11:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA5845APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH CHOD OZKOK
[...] (C) Summary: Despite our occasional differences over Iraq, Turkey remains America's strategic partner, asserted Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok to APNSA Hadley. Ozkok reviewed Turkish views of the Black Sea, Caucasus, and Central Asia. He outlined the "nuclear chain" stretching from North Korea, Indi [...]
2005-09-30 15:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER KPKO TU IZ AF RS NATO
05ANKARA6100IRAQ: TURKEY WANTS TO SEND HUMANITARIAN AID TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. Humanitarian Aid for Talafar and Kirkuk --------------------------------------- 2. (C) MFA Coordinator for Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction Amb. Koray Targay called in A/DCM Oct. 6 to inform us that Turkey wishes to provide humanitari [...]
2005-10-07 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL MOPS TU IZ
05ANKARA611USDP FEITH'S FEB. 1 MEETING WITH TURKISH NSC
[...] (U) During their Feb. 1 meeting in Ankara, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Doug Feith and Turkish National Security Council Secretary-General Amb. Yigit Alpogan discussed the following issues: 2. (C) Iraq: Alpogan analyzed the elections: --"More or less successful." --60% turnou [...]
2005-02-02 17:59:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PTER TU IZ AF
05ANKARA6255TURKEY AND TALAFAR: A GOOD NEWS STORY, MOSTLY
[...] (C/REL GBR, AUS) Thanks to the efforts of our colleagues in Iraq, Embassy Ankara was able to work effectively to blunt negative public and policymaker opinion regarding the operations in Talafar last month. Turks are particularly sensitive about Talafar, a predominantly Turkmen city in northw [...]
2005-10-14 13:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ
05ANKARA6315TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 2005
[...] The 7th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF - the bi-annual Turkish defense fair) was held on September 27-30 in Ankara. Four hundred thirty-one companies from 52 countries participated in the fair. Twenty-one American companies had stands in IDEF: Boeing, Bren-Tronics, CPS, EOTECH, Ha [...]
2005-10-19 07:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA6323ISAF: TURKEY AND FRANCE AGREE TO SHARED COMMAND OF
[...] On Oct. 18, PolMilOff discussed with COL Yakub Battal of the TGS J3 the state of play of negotiations between France and Turkey on their proposal to jointly command ISAF's Kabul Multinational Brigade beginning in mid-2006. Battal reported that France and Turkey have reached agreement, and woul [...]
2005-10-19 13:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS KPKO PREL TU FR AF NATO
05ANKARA64DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES IRAQ AND SYRIA WITH
[...] (C) Summary: At their Jan. 3 meeting, Deputy Secretary Armitage told Turkish General Staff Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok that his most recent visit to Iraq made him more optimistic about the January 30 elections there. He outlined steps that were being taken to reach out to Sunni Arabs, to improve s [...]
2005-01-05 16:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ SY JO IR
05ANKARA6440TURKS REACH OUT TO IRAQIS ON HUMANITARIAN AID FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA has revised its humanitarian aid (HA) offer for Talafar in order to generate a positive Iraqi response and to mend fences with the Iraqi Red Crescent. Senior MFA officials raised the HA issue Oct. 26 with both Charge and ECONCouns. We responded that Turkey must a [...]
2005-10-26 12:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL MOPS IZ
05ANKARA6710TURKEY LIKELY TO GO AHEAD WITH CYPRUS EXERCISES
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish forces are planning to participate in "Toros" exercises on Cyprus in response to Greek Cypriot "Nikiforos" exercises in October. Although some in the Turkish MFA and TGS are counseling restraint, Cyprus hardliners are depicting failure to participate in "Toros" as anoth [...]
2005-11-15 10:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU CY
05ANKARA6826PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY, TURKS SAY CYPRUS EXERCISES
[...] (C) Following up on our efforts to turn off Turkish exercises -- named "Toros" -- in northern Cyprus, Charge reinforced ref b points to MFA Undersecretary Ali Tuygan on Nov. 16, urging he raise the matter with TGS. Tuygan acknowledged our points and agreed to raise the issue with the military [...]
2005-11-18 16:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU CY
05ANKARA7289TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2005
[...] After months of delay, at the bi-monthly National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Oct. 24, a revised National Security Policy Document (NSPD) was approved. The policy document outlines the Government of Turkey (GOT) priorities with regard to threats to Turkey's internal and external securit [...]
2005-12-13 10:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA7302TURKISH GOVERNMENT INQUIRES ON TWO DETAINEES
[...] (SBU) Summary and action request: The Turkish MFA has inquired about the status of two Turkish citizens it claims are CF detainees in Iraq. The MFA filed a diplomatic note about one alleged detainee; while it has not done so for the other, MFA personnel have made repeated informal inquiries w [...]
2005-12-13 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA7398TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN UPDATE: KARZAI TO VISIT, ITALY
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 6. Summary ------- 2. (C) President Karzai will visit Turkey Jan. 5-6. Italy is joining Turkey and France's proposed co-command of ISAF's Capital Region Command; Turkey felt it could not refuse Italy's offer. Turkey may/may be prepared [...]
2005-12-16 15:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EAID SNAR KPKO TU AF
05ANKARA7539ACTION REQUEST: TURKEY TO OPEN CONSULATE IN MOSUL,
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. five. 2. (C) Turkey plans to re-open its consulate in Mosul imminently. The Consul General will be Huseyin Avni Botsali, until recently Head of Department for Middle Eastern Affairs. Botsali notified us Dec. 18 that he will travel to Mosul [...]
2005-12-22 15:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA7674REVISED ACTION REQUEST: TURKS FORMALLY REQUEST
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. seven. 2. (C) Summary: MFA has revised its request for assistance for a Turkish team to travel to Mosul -- now o/a Jan. 16-19 -- to meet with local and U.S. officials and look at sites for the new Turkish consulate. We hope our colleagues in [...]
2005-12-30 14:12:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV TU IZ
05ANKARA786PLANNING FOR THE SECOND U.S.-IRAQ-TURKEY
[...] Action Request: Embassy Ankara seeks Washington approval and guidance to discuss with Turkish officials scheduling the second trilateral (U.S.-Iraq-Turkey) meeting on trucker security. The first meeting was held November 30 in Ankara, followed by a bilateral Turkey-Iraq meeting December 29. [...]
2005-02-10 15:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD IZ MOPS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA802TURKS SEEK TO INCREASE MULTILATERAL MARITIME
[...] (C) Turkish military and civilian officials have told us that Turkey is working to multilateralize its current Black Sea Harmony (BSH) operation, which monitors and assesses Black Sea maritime traffic and reports the findings to NATO. This effort would only extend to the other five littoral st [...]
2005-02-11 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PARM TU RS GG UP RO BU
05ANKARA82SCENESETTER FOR JAN. 11 U.S.-TURKEY-IRAQ TALKS ON
[...] (C) Embassy appreciates the participation of our colleagues from Washington, Baghdad, and EUCOM in Jan. 11 trilateral (U.S.-Turkey-Iraq) talks on the PKK/Kongra-Gel. On. Jan. 5, Turkish MFA provided us with a rough outline for the talks themselves. In this message we hope to lay out what we believe [...]
2005-01-06 13:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMOPS PTER PREL PREF IZ TU EUN AM CY RS
05ANKARA920TURKS REQUEST EMERGENCY HELO FLIGHTS AUTHORIZATION
[...] (S) MFA Middle East/South Asia Director General Oguz Celikkol informed the DCM on February 16 that the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad had formally requested from the Iraqi Interim Government authorization to fly helicopters into northern Iraq for emergency extractions and personnel rotations. The [...]
2005-02-17 17:17:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MOPS PREL TU IZ
05ASUNCION1046PARAGUAY: SECDEF RUMSFELD AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary. On 8/16, SECDEF Rumsfeld met for 90 minutes with President Duarte Frutos to discuss cooperation in the fight against international terrorism and transnational crime, challenges to democracy in Paraguay and the region, and the expansion of economic opportunity. SECDEF drew atte [...]
2005-08-20 18:48:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MOPS KCRM PTER PINR SNAR PA KICC
05ASUNCION1087HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON PARAGUAYAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-29 19:08:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MOPS PA
05ASUNCION1259PARAGUAY: URGENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: In support of the Office of Defense Cooperation, Post is requesting an expedited Human Rights Vetting, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, of the individuals listed below that will be attending DOD sponsored training. All training activities are scheduled to begin on M [...]
2005-10-06 21:03:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MOPS PA
05ASUNCION1279PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON MILITARY
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: In support of the Office of Defense Cooperation, Post is requesting an expedited Human Rights Vetting, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, of the individuals listed below that are attending DOD sponsored training. This list supplements the list transmitted in ref. B. [...]
2005-10-12 15:25:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MOPS PA
05ASUNCION1294PARAGUAY ON REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF
[...] (U) On 10/14, PolOff delivered reftel talking points to MFA North America Desk Officer Luis Sosa. Sosa advised that he would forward the points to MFA Americas Director Cynthia Filartiga and MFA Bilateral Affairs Director Ambassador Ceferino Valdez. 2. (C) According to Sosa, there is no kn [...]
2005-10-14 15:16:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR PA
05ASUNCION403PARAGUAY-COLOMBIA AGREEMENT ON SECURITY
[...] (U) Summary: During President Duarte's March 7 visit to Bogota, he and Colombian President Uribe issued a Joint Declaration committing their respective countries to assist each other in the fight against organized crime, particularly kidnapping but also arms trafficking, drug trafficking, mone [...]
2005-03-23 10:52:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER MOPS SNAR KCRM PA CO
05ASUNCION453PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH
[...] Summary ---------- --Cabral and Rienzi votes postponed --Paraguay establishes diplomatic relations with Palestine --Border problems continue, 150 Brazilians expelled --Paraguayan Navy called into action vs smuggling --Standard & Poor's maintains Paraguay's credit rating --2005 growth estimat [...]
2005-04-04 13:25:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON PBTS MOPS PINR PA
05ASUNCION711PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 21-27
[...] (U) Summary: ----------------- -- Congress approves military exercises with the US -- Paraguay to sign Open Skies with Panama -- Bangladeshi nationals arrested -- Presidential cabinet shuffle -- Brazilian troops control border with Paraguay -- Venezuela and Cuba seek deeper ties Congre [...]
2005-05-27 16:32:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KCRM MOPS VE CU PM PA
05ASUNCION786PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JUNE 11-17
[...] (U) Summary ----------------- -- MERCOSUR Summit to Focus on Economic Integration -- Flap Over U.S.-Paraguayan Military Exercises -- New Leaders in Congress -- Chavez to Address Congress but not Meet President MERCOSUR Summit to Focus on Economic Integration ---------------------------- [...]
2005-06-17 17:48:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR MOPS ECIN PA KICC
05ASUNCION813PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JUNE 18-24
[...] (SBU) Summary ---------------- -- Mendes Mesquita,s Extradition Expected -- Customs Official Guilty of Enrichment -- New Senate Leadership -- Delay on U.S.-Paraguayan Military Exercises Mendes Mesquita,s Extradition Expected -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) On June 22, t [...]
2005-06-24 16:00:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR EFIN MOPS PA
05BAGHDAD2376ASSESSMENT OF IRAQ'S MINISTER OF INTERIOR AFTER
[...] (S/REL UK AND AUS) SUMMARY: In the month since Minister of Interior Baqir Jabor took office, he appears to be delivering on his initial commitments (ref A). Jabor retained qualified personnel regardless of their ethnic background or political affiliation, while also developing a plan to remo [...]
2005-06-02 16:26:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS MCAP PREL PTER PINS PINR MARR IZ
05BAGHDAD2381IRAQ - INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the fifth meeting of the National Energy Committee (NEC),DPM Chalabi discussed his recent visit to the Al-Fatah crossing, expressing dissatisfaction with its current security. He instructed the Ministry of Defense to immediately develop an effective security plan for the [...]
2005-06-03 07:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON EFIN ENRG EPET IZ MASS MOPS PGOV PREL
05BAGHDAD2383US FORCES IN BAGHDAD IMPLEMENT LARGE-SCALE HUMAN
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Army's Third Infantry Division (3ID) is running a comprehensive program of practical rule-of-law initiatives to train, monitor, and encourage human rights practices amongst its Iraqi Security Force (ISF) partners in Baghdad (a program list is provided in para 8). Both Post and [...]
2005-06-03 10:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PINS PTER XF
05BAGHDAD2388UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN DETAINEES IN COALITION
[...] (SBU) In this cable, Post provides an update to Reftel A, which was sent in January 2005 in response to AmConsul Jerusalem's request in Reftel B for information on the status of Palestinian security internees held by Coalition Forces inside Iraq. As of May 31, 2005, Multi-National Force - Ir [...]
2005-06-03 12:44:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PINS PTER XF
05BAGHDAD2391DPM CHALABI ON IMPROVING MOD, PIPELINE SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi outlined his top three priorities to PolMilCouns on June 3. He claims to be engaging MoD Sadoun Dulaimi on improving MOD staff to combat corruption and replacing Army officers in select units with locally born commanders. Chalabi also briefed h [...]
2005-06-04 11:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PREL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2395IST ISSUES WARRANTS FOR TWENTY HVDS APPROVED FOR
[...] (S) The Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST) has issued arrest warrants for twenty High-Value Detainees (HVDs) whom the USG has approved for release, and against whom the IST had previously indicated it did not intend to pursue charges. Post remains concerned that political pressure may have influence [...]
2005-06-05 06:55:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PTER PGOV PHUM XF
05BAGHDAD2437CHARGE SATTERFIELD MEETING WITH IRAQI MINISTER OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge Satterfield joined the Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Interior in a May 30 dinner with the Minister of Interior Baqr Jabr where they discussed: Middle East and Iraqi political developments, the current security operations in Baghdad, as well as police training programs a [...]
2005-06-08 11:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PGOV PINS IZ
05BAGHDAD2463FALLUJAH CITY COUNCIL SELECTS MAYOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Fallujah City Council selected Sheikh Dhari Abd Alhadi Yousif al-Ersan as mayor in a June 7 session. Four candidates put their names forward for the job (two were absent from the meeting); Sheikh Dhari received 16 of 17 council votes cast by secret ballot. The selection pr [...]
2005-06-10 11:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD2465POST REQUESTS GUIDANCE ON UNAMI INTENT TO VISIT
[...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 4-5. 2. (SBU) Post has learned through informal channels that UNAMI has proposed to the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights that UNAMI send a two-person delegation (John Pale, Chief Human Rights Officer, and Rasha al-Kasy, Human Rig [...]
2005-06-10 15:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PREL IZ UN
05BAGHDAD2468NATIONAL ENERGY COMMITTEE ASKS, "WHAT'S IMPEDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The sixth meeting of the National Energy Committee (NEC) was held on June 6 at the Ministry of Oil, where a discussion on issues currently impeding the flow of oil throughout the country took place. The primary subject discussed was costs associated with providing protection to [...]
2005-06-11 10:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MARR MOPS ECON PREL ENGR
05BAGHDAD2509CHARGE MEETING WITH UNAMI SRSG QAZI: SUNNI OUTREACH
[...] (C) Charge had a long one-on-one exchange with UNAMI SRSG, Ambassador Ashraf Qazi, on June 14. The main subject was aspects of Sunni outreach, both the immediate problem and the longer-term aspects of the Sunni insurgency. Charge explained our position on the Constitutional Commission in con [...]
2005-06-14 19:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KDEM KISL IZ UN
05BAGHDAD2517IRAQIS EXPECT NORTHERN OIL PRODUCTION TO INCREASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Production capacity in the Northern Oil Company (NOC) fields will increase from 450,000 bpd to 768,000 bpd by Dec 31, 2005 when NOC well workovers are completed, according to the Director General (DG) of the Northern Oil Company. The constriction on oil exports will be the capac [...]
2005-06-15 09:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON EFIN ENRG IZ MASS MOPS
05BAGHDAD2538KURDS CAN'T CONCEIVE OF LIFE WITHOUT PESH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Key Kurdish leaders told DCM and MNF-I Political Military and Economic Affairs Chief on June 13-14 they could not condone disarming the Kurdish pesh merga forces, or its total dissipation into the Iraqi army. They realized the sensitivity of Iraq having ethnically-based forces, [...]
2005-06-16 07:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MASS PTER IZ KDP
05BAGHDAD2547ISLAMIC HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION ALLEGES IRAQI
[...] (C) Members of the Islamic Organization for Human Rights (IOHR) told Poloff June 9 that abuse of detainees by Iraqi Police (IP) occurs regularly. The group has investigated at least 25 specific allegations of torture and abuse, compiled into a public report, associated with a group of police [...]
2005-06-16 13:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD2552KRG KURDS DEMAND ACTION ON KIRKUK, ALMOST SEAL
[...] (U) This is a REO Kirkuk cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Kurdish leaders told DCM and MNF-I DCS for Political Military and Economic Relations June 13-15 that Kirkuk's provincial council will elect new leaders this week, but the two parties -- who are now directly dictating solutions in the city -- h [...]
2005-06-16 15:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2587KURDS WANT MAXIMUM DECENTRALIZATION WITHOUT
[...] (U) This is a REO Kirkuk cable. 2. (C) . (C) SUMMARY. Key Kurdish leaders told DCM and MNF-I Political Military and Economic Affairs Chief on June 13-15 that they cannot accept "provincial" or "administrative" federalism and will focus instead on pursuing "historic geographic" federali [...]
2005-06-17 15:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ SY TU IR KDP
05BAGHDAD2593IRAQ INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY: MOD PLAN NOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 16 Iraq's National Energy Committee (NEC) sent the Iraqi Army back to the drawing boards on its proposed infrastructure security plan, stating that the plan presented was too costly and inconsistent with guidance the NEC has provided in its recent meetings. The NEC remains [...]
2005-06-18 14:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON EFIN ENRG EPET IZ MASS MOPS PGOV PREL
05BAGHDAD2611FALLUJAH: GRASS ROOTS POLITICS -- LEADERS INITIATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a step promoting more political engagement by large segments of Anbar, 200 religious, tribal, political and academic leaders from around Fallujah on June 4 hammered out a fifteen-point document outlining a more participatory Sunni posture in the political process. Beyond the [...]
2005-06-20 09:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD2790IRAQ INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY: MOD PLAN UPDATE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's National Energy Committee (NEC) reviewed the Ministry of Defense's (MOD) most recent plan for northern oil pipeline and infrastructure security during its 10th meeting on June 27. DPM Chalabi and other NEC members were frustrated with MOD's failure to produce what they con [...]
2005-07-01 07:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET MASS MOPS EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD2804BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LIKELY TO CLOSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) appears poised for closure yet again Sunday, July 3 at 1700 local time due to the Iraq Transitional Government's (ITG) inability to meet the obligations it agreed to last week (REFTEL). If Global Risk Management ("Global"),the current secur [...]
2005-07-02 17:38:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PGOV PREL MOPS ECON IZ
05BAGHDAD2834ATTORNEY GENERAL MEETS WITH IRAQI PM, LAW AND
[...] (C) On Sunday, June 3, 2005, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Counterterrorism Assistant Director Willie Hulon met with senior MNF-I and Embassy officials, Department of Justice and FBI personnel, Iraq's Prime Minister, senior Iraqi justice leaders, and US military forces recovering [...]
2005-07-06 09:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PINS IZ PTER
05BAGHDAD2845IRAQI OIL MINISTER ON CURRENT OIL ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Minister of Oil agreed to attend the JCRED in Amman, but formally protested the location, stating it should have been held in Iraq. He is deeply interested in USG perspectives on how to shape the oil sector in Iraq, and looks forward to launching a continuing partnership wi [...]
2005-07-07 09:14:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET MASS MOPS EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD2858ITG FACES STEEP LEARNING CURVE ON DETENTION
[...] (C) ITG detainee-transition point-of-contact Sharwan al-Waely met with Embassy and MNF-I representatives on June 5, 2005 to discuss ITG legal authorities to conduct security detentions (see reftel). The conversation with al-Waely indicated that the ITG, despite the USG's repeated briefings t [...]
2005-07-07 16:15:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PINS PTER XF
05BAGHDAD2861COSTS OF INTERDICTION TO IRAQI OIL SECTOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The ITG is increasingly concerned about attacks to its oil infrastructure. Security has become a priority in recent ITG Cabinet-level meetings. DPM Chalabi has led extensive ministerial discussions in the National Energy Council, consisting of the Ministers of Oil, Electricity, [...]
2005-07-07 18:00:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG MASS MOPS SENV EFIN PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD2869COSTS OF INTERDICTION TO IRAQI OIL SECTOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The ITG is increasingly concerned about attacks to its oil infrastructure. Security has become a priority in recent ITG Cabinet-level meetings. DPM Chalabi has led extensive ministerial discussions in the National Energy Council, consisting of the Ministers of Oil, Electricity, [...]
2005-07-08 02:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG MASS MOPS SENV EFIN PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD2872TALABANI TO CODEL LEVIN: CONSTITUTION CAN BE READY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In his July 6 meeting with CODEL Levin, President Talabani predicted that the constitution could be completed on time as long as the constitution committee uses the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) as the basis. He also favored using the same single-district electoral sys [...]
2005-07-08 13:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD2902DEPUTY INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS HIS BOSS NOT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING AT HIS PRIVATE RESIDENCE ON 04 JULY, IRAQI DEPUTY MINISTER OF INTERIOR FOR INTELLIGENCE HUSSEIN ALI KAMAL REPORTED THAT MINISTER OF INTERIOR JABR HAS REPEATEDLY IGNORED ORAL AND WRITTEN REPORTS OF ABUSE AND TORTURE OF DETAINEES CARRIED OUT BY UNITS OF THE SPECIAL POL [...]
2005-07-11 07:25:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD2937IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
[...] (C) Per reftel, Charge d'Affairs on July 10, 2005, offered to Iraqi Minister of Defense Dulaimi the opportunity to send a liaison team to join the Coalition Village at CENTCOM. (This was the first opportunity Charge had to meet with Dulaimi following the MinDef's delayed return from a trip to [...]
2005-07-13 07:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR IZ
05BAGHDAD2938POLISH AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ INDICATED DIMINISHED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish Ambassador to Baghdad Ryszard Krystosik told Charge d'Affaires July 10 that Poland will be phasing down its participation in MNF-I after December. The decision is not so much because of the expiration of UNSC resolutions as it is because the duration and scope of the dep [...]
2005-07-13 07:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS PL IZ
05BAGHDAD2943ACTION REQUEST ON PALESTINIAN DETAINEES
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph (5). 2. (SBU) Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I) has provided the Embassy with the following update on the two Palestinian detainees in Coalition custody named in Reftel. This update may be passed to representatives of the [...]
2005-07-13 12:43:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PINS PTER XF
05BAGHDAD2944US-IRAQI DETAINEE OPERATIONS TRANSITION
[...] (C) Embassy and MNF-I representatives held a second meeting with ITG detainee-transition point-of- contact Sharwan al-Waely on July 11, 2005. As noted in Reftel, Mr. al-Waely was reluctant at our July 5 meeting to concede that security internment played a valuable role in the fight against t [...]
2005-07-13 12:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PTER PINS XF IZ
05BAGHDAD2946PROPOSALS FOR POSSIBLE UNHCR ASHRAF ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Embassy asks the department to request that US Mission Geneva approach UNHCR to determine whether UNHCR will be willing to undertake any of the actions listed in paragraph (2). -------------- TALKING POINTS -------------- 2. (SBU) MNF-I requests UNHCR assistance in one of the f [...]
2005-07-14 10:40:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PTER XF IZ ICRC
05BAGHDAD2959IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE AGREES TO UNDERTAKE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In order to support upcoming military operations in western Iraq, Minister of Defense Dulaymi agreed to help obtain consent and cooperation from local tribes in the region, especially ar-Ramadi. He will prepare a meeting in ar-Ramadi, with MNF-I Commander George Casey accompanyi [...]
2005-07-16 08:28:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PTER PBTS PGOV PINS MOPS MARR IZ SY IR
05BAGHDAD2973RESPONSE TO INQUIRY ON EGYPTIAN DETAINEES
[...] (SBU) The following cable responds to Embassy Cairo's inquiry in reftel regarding six Egyptian nationals believed to be detained by Coalition Forces in Iraq. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (U) All detainees held by Coalition Forces in Iraq are held on the authority of UNSCR 1546 [...]
2005-07-17 14:23:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PINS PTER IZ EG
05BAGHDAD2991DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MEETING WITH IRAQI
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Jafari reiterated to the Deputy Secretary that security conditions on the ground, and not terrorist demands, should determine the manner of withdrawal of Coalition forces. The Deputy Secretary agreed and noted approvingly the Prime Minister's naming of an Iraqi [...]
2005-07-19 11:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EFIN MOPS KISL SY JO IZ IR
05BAGHDAD2994DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 12, 2005 MEETING
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a July 12 lunch meeting, President Jalal Talabani was optimistic that the Sunni Arabs in the constitution drafting committee will reach consensus with other committee members. He predicted the next elections will use provincial electoral districts rather than a single natio [...]
2005-07-19 12:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3001NAVIGATING THE RIFT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND IRAN -
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. During a routine office call, National Security Advisor Mouwaffak Al-Rubaie discussed the development of a strategic security alliance with Iran to assist Iraq in combating the Sunni insurgency. Rubaie stated that while more right- wing elements of the United Iraqi Alliance (U [...]
2005-07-19 16:42:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPINS PREL MCAP MOPS PGOV IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3004ITG RELUCTANT TO CONSIDER LEGAL DETENTION
[...] (S) Iraqi participation and input improved at the third USG-ITG meeting to discuss legal authorities for the proposed transition of Coalition detention operations to the Iraqi government. Representatives from the Ministries of Human Rights, Interior, Justice, and Ministry of State for Nationa [...]
2005-07-20 07:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PHUM PINS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD3006ITG REQUESTS RELEASE OF MEHDI ABDHMED AL-KHALISI
[...] (S/NF) MNF-I and Embassy are receiving frequent and fervent requests from Prime Minister Ibrahim Ja'afari, Minister of State for National Security Abd al-Karim al-Anzi, and National Security Advisor Mowaffak al-Rubaie for the release of detainee Mehdi Abdmehd al-Khalisi (MP#124),currently he [...]
2005-07-20 08:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PHUM PTER PINS PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD3010DISPOSITION OF IRAQI-AMERICAN DETAINEE MOHAMMAD
[...] (S) Summary and Action Request. This cable seeks concurrence as to the legal disposition of Iraqi- American national Mohammed Munaf (or Muneef),now held as a security internee by Coalition Forces in Iraq under the authority of UNSCR 1546. (Background: Munaf, a former resident of Romania, was [...]
2005-07-20 11:29:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PHUM PINS PINR PTER RO IZ
05BAGHDAD3015BUILDING A HOUSE ON SHIFTING SANDS--IRAN'S
[...] (S//NF) Summary. Despite the relative spirit of democratic cooperation demonstrated by the Shia parties that dominate the governing coalition in Iraq, some of these parties and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps - Qods Force (IRGC-QF),Iran's vanguard political and unconventional warfare o [...]
2005-07-20 15:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPINS PREL MCAP MOPS PGOV IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3069LEGISLATION PROPOSING CHANGES TO IST STATUTE
[...] 1. (S) SUMMARY. The Transitional National Assembly (TNA) is actively considering legislative changes to the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST) statute. These proposed changes raise significant concerns for the USG, as they either call into question the independence of the IST or threaten to under [...]
2005-07-24 16:47:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PINS PTER MOPS KJUS IZ
05BAGHDAD3103IRAQ INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY: FIRST REAL PROGRESS
[...] SUMMARY: (C) On July 4, the Deputy Commander of the Iraqi Armed forces briefed the NEC on a new plan for the defense of the oil infrastructure in the vicinity of Kirkuk-Bayji, including the Al-Fathah Crossing. The key elements were the planned commitment of two battalions of the Iraqi Army t [...]
2005-07-27 03:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET MASS MOPS EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD3113DULAME AND RUBAIE DISUCSS IRAQI SECURITY WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On July 24 at the dinner table, Ambassador discussed Iraq's short-term security challenges with Iraq's National Security Advisor Mowaffak al-Rubaie and Minister of Defense Sadoun al-Dulame. The latter identified the ITG's primary objectives as delivering security to I [...]
2005-07-27 16:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PINS MARR IZ PRESL
05BAGHDAD3120SCIRI LEADER AGREES TO COOPERATE ON CONSTITUTION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of Iraq's strongest Shia Islamist party, Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, pledged to the Ambassador that his party would work in the spirit of consensus in achieving a constitution. It was not their intention to exclude any group. That said, he cautioned, Iraq's Shia want to be t [...]
2005-07-28 11:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD3147AUSTRALIAN INQUIRY ON INTERROGATION POLICY
[...] (SBU) The Australian Embassy in Baghdad has made the following inquiry, which we understand is related to an Australian parliamentary inquiry: "Between May and October 2004, was there an extant and operative US instruction in Iraq regarding interrogation in existence in addition to the docu [...]
2005-07-30 07:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PHUM PINS PTER AU IZ
05BAGHDAD3148FRENCH REQUEST TO INTERVIEW COALITION DETAINEE
[...] (SBU) We have received a letter from the French Embassy, Baghdad requesting that Judge Philippe Courroye, First Investigating Judge at the Upper Paris Court be permitted to interview Mr. Tariq Aziz, Mr. Taha Yasin Ramadan, and Mr. Amir Rashid al-Tikriti al-Ubaydi, all currently held in Coalit [...]
2005-07-30 07:54:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PINS PTER FR IZ
05BAGHDAD3165UPDATE ON CZECH REPORT OF ATTACK ON DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) Embassy, working with MNF-I and 3rd Infantry Division, has still been unable to ascertain whether any U.S. or Coalition Forces witnessed or were aware of the incident reported by the Czech government, reftel. MNF-I at the level of Deputy Chief of Staff for Political, Military, and Econom [...]
2005-07-31 20:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL MOPS IZ EZ
05BAGHDAD3407PRIME MINISTER JA'AFARI'S TWELVE POINT SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ja'afari distributed a Twelve Point Security Plan on August 6. The plan sets goals and priorities for the Ministries of Interior and Defense, the National Security Advisor and other related ministries and Iraqi government entities as they work towards bringing s [...]
2005-08-18 14:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS MOPS PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD3427IRAQ NATIONAL ENERGY COUNCIL REVIEWS ENERGY
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) On August 16, the National Energy Council met to update DPM Chalabi on energy production and infrastructure security actions in Iraq. Ministry of Electricity reported an average electric power production rate of 4300 MW/hr with a high total of 4760 MW/hr, and a daily total of [...]
2005-08-20 15:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEFIN ENRG EPET IZ MASS MOPS PGOV PREL
05BAGHDAD3445UPDATE ON TURKISH EXTRADITION REQUEST
[...] (SBU) Coalition Forces are working with the Central Criminal Court of Iraq (CCCI) to expedite the trial of two Turkish nationals requested for extradition by Turkey on suspicion of involvement in the Istanbul bombings. (As noted in Reftel, the CCCI has informed Post that it intends to try bot [...]
2005-08-23 11:33:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PINS PTER TU IZ
05BAGHDAD3565IRAQI PRIME MINISTER REINVIGORATES MILITIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At a meeting with the Commanding General of the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq on 21 August 2005, Minister of Interior Bayan Jabr gave LTG Petraeus a copy of a 10 August Prime Minister memorandum, which directs the Minister to implement CPA Order 91. CPA 91 pro [...]
2005-08-31 17:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL MCAP MOPS PGOV IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3584GOI RECOMMENDS BAGHDAD FUEL RATIONING,
[...] (C) Summary: An August 28 emergency session of the National Energy Council (NEC) addressed the critical fuel shortage in Iraq. The NEC recommended fuel rationing in Baghdad and, to increase security for critical oil and Electric power infrastructure, augmenting the Strategic Infrastructure B [...]
2005-09-02 06:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EFIN MOPS MARR PGOV PTER IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3628AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINDEF AL-DULIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador, accompanied by A/DCM, met with Iraqi MinDef Dulime on September 3. They discussed low Sunni representation in the Iraqi Army, including pressure to fire one of two Sunni division commanders. Also discussed were efforts to enhance western security, with the idea of [...]
2005-09-04 22:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER PGOV KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD3642SUNNI ARAB OUTREACH IN IRAQ: MISSION PLANS
[...] (U) The US Mission Baghdad, including MNF-I, is committed to achieving broad Sunni Arab support for a democratic Iraq. The Mission is aware of the beginnings of a psychological shift in the tide since the January elections regarding participation in the electoral process, and we will use a r [...]
2005-09-06 05:34:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV MOPS ELAB PINS EAID KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD3644REP WOLF DISCUSSES FUTURE OF COALITION FORCE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On 28 August 2005, U.S. Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA) met with several members of the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG),including President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Ibrahim Al-Jafari. Noting wavering U.S. public opinion over the continued military presence in Ir [...]
2005-09-06 07:58:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL MCAP MOPS PGOV IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3647IRAQI GOVERNMENT NAMES INTERLOCUTORS ON TALL,AFAR;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings this week, the Prime Minister's special advisor Adnan Ali al-Kadhami and TNA member Hassan Seneid pledged to work closely with U.S. government representatives to ensure the welfare of citizens in Tall'Afar. On August 30, Senior SCIRI official Muhammad Taqi al [...]
2005-09-06 10:14:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MOPS PHUM PREF PREL IZ MARS
05BAGHDAD3680CODEL PENCE MEETS WITH MINDEF AND MININT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Pence and the Ambassador met with MinInt Jabr and MinDef Dulime. Both Ministers presented their views on the positive development of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and gave a brief overview of the progress of their respective ministry forces. Dulime predicted that ISF could [...]
2005-09-08 03:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MCAP MOPS KISL PINR PREL
05BAGHDAD3690AMBASSADOR AND COMMANDING GENERAL DISCUSS TAL AFAR
[...] (S/REL GBR AUS IRAQ) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security, chaired by Prime Minister Jaafari, met September 5 to discuss the evolving situation in Tal Afar and to plan a future course of action. Fears were expressed that engaging in decisive military operations to f [...]
2005-09-08 10:36:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PINS PTER PGOV MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD3694CHALABI EMANDS MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK FROM SIBS
[...] (C) Summary: At the September 4 meeting of the National Energy Council (NEC),Deputy Pri- Minister Ahmad Chalabi castigated Iraqi Army Chief of Staff Abadi for the poor performance of the Strategic Infrastructure BattQUions (SIBs) in protecting vital power and pipelines. C0Jlabi stressed the [...]
2005-09-08 16:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALENRG MOPS MARR PINR PGOV PTER EPET IZ
05BAGHDAD3719TAL AFAR SITREP: SEPT. 10, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-11 02:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PREL PGOV PINS EAID PREF ECON IZ
05BAGHDAD3727TAL AFAR SITREP: SEPT. 11, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-11 14:17:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETEAID ECON IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PREF PREL
05BAGHDAD3775TAL AFAR SITREP: SEPT. 13, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-13 12:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETEAID ECON IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PREF PREL
05BAGHDAD3783DRAFT CONSTITUTION SIGNED, PASSED TO UNAMI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Iraqi draft Constitution was signed and delivered to UNAMI for printing the afternoon of September 13. Deputy Speaker Shahristani plans to announce the final text at a press conference September 14. SRSG Qazi has expressed concern that the amended text was never formally a [...]
2005-09-13 18:18:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD3842NEC CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF NORTHERN OIL EXPORTS
[...] (C) Summary: On September 8 the National Energy Council (NEC) approved Phases II and III of the Strategic Infrastructure Battalion (SIB) program, and agreed to pick up sustainment costs of the current four SIBs and the expense for seven more SIBs and a brigade headquarters. Minister of Financ [...]
2005-09-17 15:14:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER KCOR KCRM IZ
05BAGHDAD3876THE IRAQI BUDGET DILEMMA - TOUGH CHOICES
[...] (C) Summary: Iraq faces hard choices on its budget, with difficult policy considerations for the USG. Iraqi ability to meet expenditure needs for normal functions, reconstruction, and security are severely constrained. Funding estimates for security needs have risen substantially, with "high [...]
2005-09-19 15:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ENRG EPET MOPS MARR PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD3895TAL AFAR RECONSTRUCTION PROCESS, CONSTITUTION
[...] (C//REL MNFI) SUMMARY. Charge d'Affaires (CDA) and MNF-I Deputy Commanding General (DCG) met with Deputy Prime Minister Rawsh Shaways (who is the senior government official in Iraq during the absence of Prime Minister Jaafari) to discuss the situation in Tal Afar, and the prospects for furt [...]
2005-09-21 10:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREF PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD3907IRAQI INFRASTRUCUTURE SNAPSHOT - SEPT. 21, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-22 02:28:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON ENRG EPET MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PTER PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD3939OIL MINISTER QUIETLY TAKING STEPS ON FUEL PRICES,
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Oil Ibrahim Bahr al-'Ulum told the Embassy September 21 that there is no ministerial support for fuel price reform prior to the December elections, but "quieter" efforts are underway to "condition" the Iraqi public to new prices. These include sale of fuel for private [...]
2005-09-23 10:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET KCRM MOPS MARR PGOV PINR PINS PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD4002AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINDEF DULIME
[...] (S//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: On September 24 the Ambassador met with Iraqi MinDef Sadoun al-Dulime. Discussions covered security in western Iraq, the effect of sectarian discord on referendum security, Iraqi-Jordanian relations, government corruption, and the apolitical development of the ISF. END [...]
2005-09-27 10:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV MOPS KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD4008LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY DISAPPOINTS ENERGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 22, the Ministers of Oil, Water Resources, and Electricity reported to the National Energy Council (NEC) an increase in attacks against electrical power generation and distribution systems as well as export pipelines. Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Chalabi and the minis [...]
2005-09-27 12:36:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET EFIN MOPS MARR PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4044IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE STIFFS BRITISH
[...] (S//REL GBR) SUMMARY: Only two of five Iraqi members of the Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) attended a September 29 meeting called specifically to review the results of a British team's investigation of the events in Basrah on September 19, which involved the detentio [...]
2005-09-30 18:05:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL MOPS PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4071IECI LUKEWARM ON COALITION DETAINEE VOTING
[...] (C) The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq has wavered in its support for MNF-I plans to allow 11,000 Coalition security internees to vote in the October 15th constitutional referendum, suggesting that IECI will provide monitoring teams only if Iraqis held in pre-trial jails by the Mini [...]
2005-10-02 16:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PINS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD4073TAL AFAR WRAP-UP: SHORT-TERM SUCCESS BUT MOMENTUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Major fighting in Tal Afar has concluded and the reconstruction process is proceeding apace. The operation is considered by MNF-I to be an overall success: an important base for terrorists and insurgents has been disrupted, with a number either killed or detained. The Iraqi Arm [...]
2005-10-02 17:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PGOV PREF PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD4087PROGRESS IN IRAQI DETAINEE TRANSITION TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post and MNF-I's most recent meeting with Dr. Safa al-Safi, designated ITG interlocutor on the transition of detention operations, was in many respects encouraging. Dr. al-Safi seemed to accept the need for the ITG and its successor to assume responsibility for the detention mis [...]
2005-10-03 16:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PINS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD4132MCNS DISCUSSES SECURITY IN BAGHDAD, TAL AFAR,
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Jaafari convened on short notice a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) at his office on the evening of September 25. Topics discussed included a disagreement between Coalition Force (CF) officers and Ministry of Defense [...]
2005-10-06 15:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4133MCNS MEETS TO DISCUSS SECURITY IN BAGHDAD, TAL
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Jaafari convened on short notice a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) at his office on the evening of September 25. Topics discussed included a disagreement between Coalition Force (CF) officers and Ministry of Defense [...]
2005-10-06 15:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PINS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD4145REQUEST FOR GERMAN ASSISTANCE IN TWO HUMANITARIAN
[...] (SBU) Post requests that the Department ask Embassy Berlin to approach the German MFA regarding a request for assistance from two German residents currently attempting to return to Germany from Iraq. (Post first contacted Embassy Berlin through the Department regarding these cases in the summ [...]
2005-10-08 08:47:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PTER XF GR
05BAGHDAD4146IRAQI MCNS DISCUSSES REFERENDUM SECURITY, OTHER
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) met on October 4, 2005 to discuss the conditions for the transfer of security responsibilities, to review security plans for the October 15 referendum, and to discuss other issues. The Committee's discussi [...]
2005-10-08 13:36:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV MOPS ECON PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD4147IRAQI MCNS MEETS TO DISCUSS TRANSFER OF SECURITY
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) met on October 4 to discuss, among other subjects, the conditions for the transfer of security responsibilities from the Coalition to Iraqi civil authorities. Prime Minister Jaafari stated a preference for [...]
2005-10-08 14:04:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4154STATUS UPDATE ON CAMP ASHRAF REPATRIATIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between August 2004 and October 2005, 331 "defectors" from the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MeK) organization have been voluntarily repatriated to their countries of nationality or residence: 316 to Iran, eleven to Pakistan, two to Sweden, one to Turkey, and one to Canada. Possible thir [...]
2005-10-09 10:14:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PHUM PTER IZ IR ICRC
05BAGHDAD4219TURKISH ASSISTANCE TO TAL AFAR AND KIRKUK
[...] (C) Summary. If the Turks want to offer humanitarian assistance, and Iraq wants to take it, we have no objection. However, there is no urgent need for Turkish aid. This aid proposal is certainly politically charged and should be negotiated bilaterally between the GOT and the ITG with minimal [...]
2005-10-13 16:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV MOPS IZ TU KCRS
05BAGHDAD4230MGIZ02: POWER DISRUPTION, FUEL IMPORT SHORTAGES
[...] (C) Summary: On the eve of the Constitutional referendum, Iraqis face an almost general electricity blackout, another round of fuel shortages, and a major pipeline breach at the critical al-Fatah Crossing in the north. A decision to amply supply Baghdad with fuel at this time has produced sho [...]
2005-10-14 17:59:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET MOPS MARR PGOV PINS PREL TU IZ
05BAGHDAD4241MGIZ02: STATUS OF OIL PRODUCTION/REFINING CAPACITY
[...] (C) As of 1230 hours October 15, officials at the Ministry of Oil reported that the October 14 blackout (reftel) has had limited effect on Iraq's oil production. The October 12 explosion at the al-Fatah Crossing had already interrupted refining at Bayji, although refining has since resumed. [...]
2005-10-15 16:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET MOPS MARR PGOV PINS IZ
05BAGHDAD4322OIL MINISTRY OFFICIAL SAYS IRAQ WILL PAY ARREARS
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor to the Minister of Oil Abdul Sahib al-Qutub said that he was working with the Ministry of Finance to organize payment o/a October 19 of some $450 million in arrears to Turkish firms for fuel imports. Ministry of Oil officials blamed the poor security situation in t [...]
2005-10-19 19:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET MOPS MARR PGOV PREL TU IZ
05BAGHDAD4332UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE EDELMAN MEETS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman and LTG Victor Renuart, Director of Strategic Plans and Policy, called on Iraqi Minister of Interior Bayan Jabr at his office on October 18, 2005. Jabr was accompanied by GEN Babiker Shwakt, commander of the Iraqi Joint Forces [...]
2005-10-20 13:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD4345IRAQ'S FUEL SITUATION WORSENS UNDER IMPACT OF
[...] (S) Summary: National power blackouts and repeated interdictions of crude oil and product supply lines to and from major refineries have reduced Iraq's domestic fuel production, and increased its reliance on imported fuel. Stores of gasoline are low (critically in the north) and dropping, as [...]
2005-10-21 18:11:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON ENRG EFIN ETRD EPET MOPS MARR PGOV PREL TU IZ
05BAGHDAD4347UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE EDELMAN MEETS WITH PM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Eric Edelman and LTG Victor Renuart, Director of Strategic Plans and Policy, met with Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari at his office on October 18. They discussed the ongoing development of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). Jaafari s [...]
2005-10-22 03:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS ECON EFIN PTER KCOR IZ
05BAGHDAD4356NATIONAL ENERGY COUNCIL REVIEWS ENERGY CRISIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Energy Council October 20 reviewed the increasing attacks against energy infrastructure and tactics used in response resulting in Iraq,s current energy shortages. An increase in the effectiveness of attacks in the north has cut off the electricity flow to Baghdad and [...]
2005-10-23 08:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETENRG EPET EFIN ECON MOPS PGOV PREL TU IZ
05BAGHDAD4371 IRAQ MEDIA SILENT ON AFGHAN CREMATIONS
[...] Iraqi media monitored by the coalition forces, FBIS, and U.S. Embassy offices in Iraq devoted practically zero coverage to the reported burning of two Taliban fighters' bodies by U.S. troops in Afghanistan. 2. Iraqi media, instead, are closely following expected results of the recent cons [...]
2005-10-24 08:35:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PREL MOPS KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4386IRAQI CONTRIBUTION TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
[...] (SBU) The Iraqi Ministry of Defense has offered to send an Iraqi Army engineering company of approximately 140 men to Pakistan to assist in earthquake relief (reftel). A letter was passed to the Iraqi MFA for formal transmission to the government of Pakistan, that must then decide whether or [...]
2005-10-25 11:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAID PHUM PREL MOPS PK IZ
05BAGHDAD4444DANISH EXHIBIT COMPANY PRESSES ON WITH
[...] Summary. Denmark-based United Exhibits Group (UEG) is in Baghdad to secure an addendum to its exclusive July 2004 agreement with the Iraqi government to exhibit Iraq's "Nimrud Gold" collection internationally for five years. The initial agreement called for that tour to begin by October 20 [...]
2005-10-29 15:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL MOPS KPAO ECON PGOV PREL DA IZ
05BAGHDAD4449IRAQI ENERGY COUNCIL IN DISARRAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Energy Council (NEC) assessed the energy infrastructure siege of Baghdad October 27. Attacks against infrastructure in the North have cut off the oil flow to Baghdad and Turkey, reducing fuel supplies in parts of Iraq to critically low levels. Deputy Prime Minister C [...]
2005-10-30 15:16:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNENRG EPET EFIN ECON MASS MOPS PGOV PREL IZ TU
05BAGHDAD4450WELFARE AND WHEREABOUTS VISIT TO AMCIT DETAINEE
[...] (SBU) In coordination with the Consular Section and CA/OCS, Pol-MilOff met on October 27th with detained American citizen Shawki Omar (aka "al- Ameriki") at the Baghdad Central Correctional Facility at Abu Ghraib. Mr. Omar, who had requested the visit, was in good health. Pol-MilOff passed a [...]
2005-10-30 16:06:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PTER PHUM MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4506ACTIONS TO ASSURE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRITY
[...] (C/REL MCNI/IRAQ) SUMMARY: Failures of Iraq's critical energy infrastructure have reached unprecedented levels which are seriously hindering the Iraqi Transitional Government's (ITG) ability to raise desperately needed revenues and to deliver basic services such as electricity, fuel, and wate [...]
2005-11-03 03:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALASEC ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT KCOR KCRM KHLS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PTER NATO
05BAGHDAD4774TOWNS NEAR SYRIAN BORDER RETURNING TO NORMALCY
[...] (C) Summary. This is a SET Ramadi Cable. Site visits to two, separate portions of the Western Euphrates River valley revealed -- post-combat operations -- a generally positive climate for the December 15 elections. There are no immediate humanitarian crises and military planners hope to expa [...]
2005-11-29 14:07:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREF EAID ECON EIND MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4800UPDATED STATUS OF IRAQ DETAINEE ABUSE
[...] (S/NF) Three committees investigating human rights abuses committed against 168 detainees at the Iraqi Ministry Interior (MOI) Bunker facility and others at similar facilities nationwide are making uneven progress. The mandate of some committees has been overwhelmed by the political agenda of [...]
2005-12-01 13:19:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS IZ
05BAGHDAD4836PM JA'AFARI PLANS MAJOR SHAKEUP OF IRAQI MILITARY
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Iraqi Prime Minister Ja'afari is preparing to sign decrees which will lead to a major reorganization of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Iraqi Joint and Army Land Forces Headquarters. The new leadership personnel he plans to bring in are all Shia. MNF-I Command [...]
2005-12-04 12:47:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4846LEADING SUNNI ARAB SLATE REP ON ELECTIONS, U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: A leading Sunni Arab coalition representative recounted the Sunni Arab sense of grievance and estrangement from the political transition process, and asserted the solution to the security problem is a "balanced" government (read: more Sunni officials) and "professional" securit [...]
2005-12-05 08:00:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4847LEADING SUNNI ARAB SLATE REP ON ELECTIONS, U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: A leading Sunni Arab coalition representative recounted the Sunni Arab sense of grievance and estrangement from the political transition process, and asserted the solution to the security problem is a "balanced" government (read: more Sunni officials) and "professional" securit [...]
2005-12-05 08:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4851NATIONAL ENERGY COUNCIL ACTS TO ENSURE ADEQUATE
[...] (C) Summary: The National Energy Council decided December 1 to stockpile almost 4 million gallons of gasoline and 2.6 million gallons of diesel in Baghdad to ensure adequate supplies in the capitol during the elections. Exports from the north will be kept minimal in the coming weeks so that [...]
2005-12-05 13:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET MOPS MARR PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4893AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BUDGET, BANK RESTRUCTURING,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador urged Minister of Finance Allawi on December 1 to ensure the passage of the 2006 budget in order to fulfill the GOI's commitment to the IMF. (NOTE: The Transitional National Assembly (TNA) passed the budget on December 4. END NOTE.) The Ambassador also pressed the Mini [...]
2005-12-08 08:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PINR PGOV KBCT MOPS
05BAGHDAD4940ACTION REQUEST REGARDING KUWAITI AND SAUDI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post asks that the Department request that Embassy Kuwait and Embassy Riyadh consult with GOK and and KSA as a matter of priority as to whether either government is interested in providing assistance to the Kuwaiti and Saudi nationals listed below upon their release from the Ba [...]
2005-12-12 06:47:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PGOV KJUS IZ KU SA
05BAGHDAD4961LEADING IRAQI SUNNI ARAB SLATE CALLS ON INSURGENTS
[...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad and General Casey convoked selected Sunni Arab leaders December 11 to discuss concrete steps each side could take in support of the December 15 elections (see septel). After this meeting, the Iraqi National Dialogue Council, which is a major group within the leading [...]
2005-12-12 19:36:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4963INFORMATION UPDATE ON ALGERIAN DETAINEE
[...] (SBU) Post passed Embassy Algiers' request for information (see Reftel) to Coalition Forces, and has been informed that Mohmad Ahmed Mohamed Waber (DPOB 27 SEP 1975, Al Shalaf, Algeria) was detained on 21 May 2005 inside a targeted terrorist safe house. Mr. Waber has been referred to the Cen [...]
2005-12-13 03:00:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PGOV KJUS IZ AG XA
05BAGHDAD5000IRAQI MCNS MEETS DEC. 9: ELECTION SECURITY, PRIME
[...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met the afternoon of December 9, 2005 at Prime Minister Ja'afari's residence. Ja'afari expressed extreme consternation about the fact that his flight back to Baghdad from Japan was denied permission to lan [...]
2005-12-14 15:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD5020BUNKER INVESTIGATION FALTERS, NATIONWIDE
[...] (S/REL GBR AUS) The committee appointed by PM Ja'afari to investigate abuse discovered by Coalition Forces on November 13 at the Ministry of the Interior "Bunker" site in Jadiriyah has made little progress. On December 13, Deputy Prime Minister Rowsh Shaways passed Post the committee's first [...]
2005-12-15 16:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PHUM PGOV PINS KJUS IZ
05BAGHDAD5024IRAQ: DEMARCHE ON THREATS TO MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
[...] (C) On December 13, Embassy Rule of Law (ROL) Coordinator delivered a demarche to Iraqi Minister of Interior Baqir Jabr regarding threats to Ministry of Interior (MOI) personnel participating in inspections of detention facilities. ROL Coordinator stressed the importance of supporting these [...]
2005-12-16 12:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM MOPS KJUS PINS PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD5038COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM VISITS IRAQ,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 5-8, 2005, Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton, the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),visited Iraq to meet with Embassy, military, and Iraqi officials. During his visit Ambassador Crumpton met with Ministry of Interior (MOI) officials responsible for counterterrorism [...]
2005-12-18 13:55:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPTER PGOV PREL MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD5046ACTION REQUEST REGARDING DETAINEE TRAVEL TO AMMAN
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see paragraphs 5-6. 2. (S/NF) Coalition Forces are releasing from custody twenty-three High-Value Detainees (HVDs) who have been determined not to pose an imperative threat to security, the standard set for Coalition detention. Eight were [...]
2005-12-19 13:37:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PHUM PGOV KJUS IZ JO
05BAGHDAD5051CODEL INHOFE MEETS WITH TNA MEMBERS
[...] (SBU) Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) met December 12 with TNA members Dr. Saad Qindeel, Wijdan Salim, and Yunadem Kanna. ---------------------------------------- Security Situation: We are in a Catch-22 ---------------------------------------- 2. (C) Wijdan Salim said the security situation [...]
2005-12-19 16:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PBTS PINR MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD5074DECEMBER 17 VISIT TO THE BUNKER
[...] (C) On December 17, U.S. officials accompanied First Deputy Prime Minister Shaways and Deputy Minister of Interior for Intelligence Kamal on a visit to the MOI detention facility known as the Bunker. As expected, no detainees were found. Two MOI employees at the Bunker told Shaways that det [...]
2005-12-21 03:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM MOPS KJUS PINS PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD5083UPDATE ON MOHAMMED MUNAF CASE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-21 15:05:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PHUM PGOV KJUS IZ RO
05BAGHDAD5090DPM SHAWAYS EXPRESSES MISTRUST OF THE UIA
[...] (C) On December 17, First Deputy Prime Minister Rowsh Shaways told U.S. officials that too strong a performance in the December 15 elections by the predominantly Shia United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) would undermine the prospects for democracy in Iraq. 2. (C) Shaways said Iran controls the UIA [...]
2005-12-22 11:09:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM MOPS KJUS PINS PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD5144MCNS MEETING 21 DECEMBER 2005: OFF-RAMP
[...] (S) SUMMARY. During a December 21 MCNS meeting, participants discussed four issues. The Iraqis agreed to the scenario of announcing the off-ramp decision on Friday, December 23. We would prepare the text of a statement to be read publicly to the press at the end of a meeting with the PM. W [...]
2005-12-28 13:59:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD5153IRAQI OIL SECURITY IN DISARRAY
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: The Steering Group for Critical Infrastructure Integrity assessed the security problems in the oil infrastructure and fuel product distribution systems across Iraq. Intimidation of Ministry of Oil (MOO) employees continues to be a problem for both product distribution an [...]
2005-12-29 14:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EFIN MASS MOPS IZ
05BANGKOK1163EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR:
[...] This is an action request. 2. JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise Balance Torch (BT) 05-2 from 11 April - 3 June 2005. To meet internal DOD advance deployment deadlines, they [...]
2005-02-15 08:20:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK1892THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. Joint Interagency Task Force West J33/JUSMAG THAI in conjunction with DEA Bangkok Country Office (BCO) has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise Fusion Torch (FT) [...]
2005-03-16 03:05:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK1902THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. Joint Interagency Task Force West J33/JUSMAG THAI in conjunction with DEA Bangkok Country Office (BCO) has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise Fusion Torch (FT) [...]
2005-03-16 04:32:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK2069THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. Joint Interagency Task Force West J33/JUSMAG THAI in conjunction with DEA Bangkok Country Office (BCO) has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise Counter-Drug Fusi [...]
2005-03-23 00:11:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK2070THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. Joint Interagency Task Force West J33/JUSMAG THAI in conjunction with DEA Bangkok Country Office (BCO) has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise Baker Torch (BT) [...]
2005-03-23 00:12:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK2254EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (U) DOD (OSD/POLICY),per Ref A, has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete further human rights vetting for the 25th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division, 4th Army Area, a unit that has been selected to participate in Exercise Balance Torch (BT) 05-2 scheduled from 11 April [...]
2005-03-30 08:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK2946COUNTRY CLEARANCE: INR ANALYST REID DAUGHERITY
[...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Reid Daugherity, INR Analyst, from May 2 - May 13, 2005 to participate in the 2005 COBRA GOLD Exercise. 2. (U) Post has made a reservation for Mr. Daugherity at the Amari Airport Hotel the night of May 2. Confirmation number is 9948742. [...]
2005-05-02 09:52:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL OTRA ACOA MOPS TH
05BANGKOK3313EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR:
[...] This is an action request. 2. JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in the DIILS, "Human Rights/LOAC" course scheduled from May 16 - 20, 2005. To meet internal DOD advance deployment dead [...]
2005-05-19 03:17:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK3439(UNITS TO STATE) EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN
[...] This is an action request. 2. Joint Interagency Task Force West J33/JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise Balance Torch 05-3 scheduled from 18 July to 23 Sept. 2005. To meet i [...]
2005-05-25 08:50:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK3799SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] (C) Ref A) requests Department action for human rights vetting for the 5th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division of the 4th Army of the Royal Thai Army. As noted in ref A),the unit is scheduled to participate in Exercise Balance Torch 05-3. The Department has requested further informati [...]
2005-06-09 11:18:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK3829EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR:
[...] This is an action request. 2. JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in the following courses and to meet internal DOD advance deployment deadlines, they have requested that the review of h [...]
2005-06-10 05:49:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK3930(C) THAILAND: ALLEGED USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
[...] (S) Summary: The senior Thai Foreign Ministry (MFA) official covering Burma told poloffs that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) has no hard evidence confirming the reported use of chemical weapons by the Burmese Army against ethnic Karenni soldiers near the Thai border in February 2005. These [...]
2005-06-14 10:48:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPINR MOPS PHUM TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK5447(UNITS TO STATE) EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN
[...] This is an action request. 2. Joint Interagency Task Force West J33/JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise Balance Torch 06-2 scheduled from 3 October to 3 December 2005. To me [...]
2005-08-24 08:10:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5707EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR:
[...] This is an action request. 2. Joint Interagency Task Force West J33/JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise FLASH Torch 06-1 scheduled from 03 - 31 October 2005. To meet interna [...]
2005-09-06 11:18:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK703THAILAND SUPPORTS TIMETABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF U.S.
[...] (C) Reftel A requests Post query the RTG for its views of the planned withdrawal of U.S. military assets from the tsunami affected region. Utapao naval air base, which is SIPDIS located in Thailand, serves as the regional hub for Combined Support Force 536 (CSF 536). Nodes from that hub, [...]
2005-01-27 06:37:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL MARR MOPS TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK704PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FARGO MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told PACOM Commander Admiral Thomas Fargo that last month's tsunami demonstrated the need for increased emphasis on SIPDIS disaster response in future Thai/US military exercises. During the January 19 meeting, Thaksin told Fargo that if the [...]
2005-01-27 06:42:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALEAID MOPS PREL TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK706PACOM ADM FARGO'S MEETING WITH THAI FM SURAKIART,
[...] (C) Summary: In their January 19 meeting, FM Surakiart told ADM Fargo that the U.S. had "won the hearts of Asians" with its rapid and massive relief to Thailand and other tsunami-devastated countries. He expressed pride in the SIPDIS Royal Thai Government's (RTG) contribution of quick appr [...]
2005-01-27 07:02:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALEAID MOPS PREL PGOV OVIP TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK7142THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 3. 2. (U) DEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below who will be new signatures for one of DEA's Host Cou [...]
2005-11-17 08:03:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7143THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Flt.Lt. Kraiwan CHANCHALAD, Directorate of Armament, Air Support Command, [...]
2005-11-17 08:04:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7144THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wg.Cdr. Kamolratana SUTTABOOSAYA, Directorate of Medical Services, Air Su [...]
2005-11-17 08:04:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7145THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for FltLt. Choosak KASATEWIT, Directorate of Civil Engineering, Air Support C [...]
2005-11-17 08:05:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7146THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Siri SANTONG, 12th Signal Battalion, King's Guard, who has been sele [...]
2005-11-17 08:05:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7147THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Capt. Wasin BAMBUNGCHEEP, Naval Medical Department, who has been selected [...]
2005-11-17 08:06:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7148THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Araya SAYANHAVIKASIT, Ordnance School, who has been selected to atte [...]
2005-11-17 08:06:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7149THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for MG Boonchu KIRDCHOK, who has been selected to attend the WCN N/A, Nationa [...]
2005-11-17 08:06:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7150THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Worachin Yaowarat, 2nd Engineer Battalion, King's Guard, who has bee [...]
2005-11-17 08:06:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7151THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Pongsatorn SUKRAPANNA, 22nd Cavalry Squadron, who has been selected [...]
2005-11-17 08:07:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7152THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Sitthisak MINWONG, 1st Infantry Division, King's Guard, who has been [...]
2005-11-17 08:08:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7153THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Waraporn JUNTORN, Special Warfare Center, who has been selected to a [...]
2005-11-17 08:08:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7154THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: INTELLECTUAL
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the Intellectual Prop [...]
2005-11-17 08:08:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7155THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: POLICE COLONEL
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) DEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Police Colonel Anurak SAITHONG and Police Lt. Colonel Thanayos SUKRATANA who will [...]
2005-11-17 08:08:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7156THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: CRIME SCENE
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the Crime Scene Inves [...]
2005-11-17 08:09:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7364THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) DEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below from the Nong Kai Provincial Police who are scheduled to [...]
2005-11-29 08:13:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7365THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt. Yuthanavi MUNGTHANYA, Sattahip Naval Base, who has been selected to a [...]
2005-11-29 08:13:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7399THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for LTC Khunakorn KANA, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, w [...]
2005-12-01 02:00:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7537THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below, who has been selected to attend the Leadership Dev [...]
2005-12-08 02:44:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7649THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Maj. Thiratch SOMBUTSIRI, Directorate of Civil Affairs, who has been sele [...]
2005-12-16 00:35:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7650THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for FLO Pornpote CHAICHANKUL, JAG, MOD, who has been selected to attend the W [...]
2005-12-16 00:35:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7651THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for FS1 Watcharin SAI-IN, Directorate of Armament, Air Support Command, RTAF, [...]
2005-12-16 00:36:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7652THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lcdr. Amonthep THONGSIN, Amphibious Squadron, Royal Thai Fleet, who has b [...]
2005-12-16 00:36:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7653THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Pakawat KROBSORN, 2nd SF.BN.4th SF Regiment, who has been selected t [...]
2005-12-16 00:36:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7654THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Sunai JIRASOMBOON, Field Artillery Battalion, Artillery Center, who [...]
2005-12-16 00:37:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7655THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lcdr. Apirat SANGPETCHSONG, Somdejprapinklao Hospital, RTN, who has been [...]
2005-12-16 00:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7656THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Capt. Ek-Art SILLAPACHARN, Royal Thai Marine Corps, who has been selected [...]
2005-12-16 00:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
05BANGKOK7657THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Capt. Padermchai SUCONTHAMAT, Royal Thai Marine Corps, who has been selec [...]
2005-12-16 00:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7658THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Surachart RUANWONG, 1st Spec. Forces, BN, 1st SF Regiment, who has b [...]
2005-12-16 00:39:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7668THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Flt.Lt. Karn VANIJAKA, Office of the Comptroller, RTAF, who has been sele [...]
2005-12-16 05:47:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7669THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Ltc. Ruarob MUANGMAN, J-2/SCHQ, who has been selected to attend the WCN C [...]
2005-12-16 05:48:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7670THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for LTC Khrongpon LOHACHALA, J-2/Schq., who has been selected to attend the W [...]
2005-12-16 05:48:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7715THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) LEGATT has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Lt. Col. Surachate HAKPARN, who has been selected to attend the 225th Session a [...]
2005-12-19 03:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7803THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) NAS has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below who have been selected to attend the Crime Scene Inv [...]
2005-12-22 08:10:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7804THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: MAJ. WARISARA JAIPIAM
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Maj. Warisara JAIPIAM, Civil Affairs School, who has been selected to att [...]
2005-12-22 08:14:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BEIRUT1322MGLE01: SYRIAN INTELLIGENCE MAY HAVE WORKED WITH
[...] (S) Introduction and summary. Tyre businessman Qassim Daoud (strictly protect) provided econoff on April 19 with further details on Hizballah's "Mirsad-1" Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight into Israeli airspace on April 11 (reftel). Daoud has well-placed contacts in the southern Shia co [...]
2005-04-25 15:26:00Embassy BeirutSECRETLE MOPS PTER SY
05BEIRUT3670MGLE01: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR SAYS ARMY UNABLE TO
[...] (S) In a November 8 meeting with NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble, the Ambassador, the defense attache, and econoff, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that he is trying to transform the Lebanese military after 15 years of Syrian direction. He wanted to change the "Syrian me [...]
2005-11-14 08:51:00Embassy BeirutSECRETKPAL MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PTER SY LE
05BOGOTA10106ELN PEACE HOUSE AT ONE MONTH: INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) The "ELN Peace House" was inaugurated one month ago after the GOC and National Liberation Army (ELN) leadership released imprisoned ELN spokesperson Gerardo Antonio Bermudez Sanchez, AKA "Francisco Galan," for three months to help establish peace talks. Galan has spent his first month unde [...]
2005-10-26 22:28:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10232CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS JUDGED TO BE IMPROVING
[...] (U) Colombian government officials, academics, and international military speakers discussed civil-military interaction at an Embassy co-sponsored seminar on October 26. Vice Minister of Defense Andres Penate reported that the civilian-military relations were "mature" and improving under the [...]
2005-11-01 13:51:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10419CD BRIGADE COMMANDER'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a visit by NAS Bogota and INL personnel on October 27, the Counter Drug Brigade (CD BDE) Commander made twelve recommendations to improve the CD BDE's support to spray operations. His principal recommendations included standing up a fourth combat battalion with air asset [...]
2005-11-04 20:05:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PTER MOPS CO
05BOGOTA10498COLOMBIAN THINK TANK SEEKS TO ADVANCE ELN PEACE
[...] (C) The consultative process underway between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and Colombian advisors is unlikely to lead to substantive peace talks with the GOC unless the international community, especially the United States, nudges the parties forward, according to Ideas for Peace (Ideas P [...]
2005-11-07 20:30:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10848COUNTER-DRUG BRIGADE CHANGE OF COMMAND
[...] (U) The Colombian Army Counter- Drug Brigade (CD BDE) will be getting a new commander in mid-December. Brigadier General (BG) Jorge Octavio ARDILA Silva will replace outgoing CD BDE Commander BG Luis Felipe PAREDESParedes Cadena, who will assume command of the 2nd Brigade in Barranquilla. [...]
2005-11-21 16:22:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR MOPS PINR CO
05BOGOTA10889NEWS FROM THE FARC FRONT
[...] (U) On November 20, President Uribe authorized Peace Commissioner Restrepo to organize an international commission to help facilitate a hostage exchange with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Restrepo had earlier called on the FARC to commit itself to a cease-fire and peace ta [...]
2005-11-22 15:04:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10963MILITARY JUSTICE: REFORMS ON TRACK, BUDGET FALLS
[...] (C) On November 17, Brigadier General Luis Fernando Puentes, Director of Colombia's Military Penal Justice system, noted that reforms were moving forward but budget constraints were becoming problematic. He hopes the Colombian Senate approves the first wave of Congressional reforms, introduce [...]
2005-11-25 16:14:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA11290MILITARY JUSTICE REFORM BUDGET TO INCREASE
[...] (C) During a meeting with Vice Minister of Defense Jorge Eastman on December 1, DCM raised the need for an adequate budget for military justice reform. Eastman said he had been speaking with Military Penal Justice director Puentes on the matter. The GOC believed this was a high priority and t [...]
2005-12-05 22:19:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA11357PLAN PATRIOTA PHASE 2B: STATUS REPORT
[...] (C) President Uribe relieved Joint Task Force Omega (JTF-O) Commander General Fracica, who was in charge of carrying out Plan Patriota's Phase 2B in Southeastern Colombia, because he had failed to produce concrete results against high value targets (HVTs),Uribe's top security objective. Frac [...]
2005-12-07 19:08:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PREL PTER MOPS FARC CO
05BOGOTA11814DAS DIRECTOR PENATE MAY RESIGN OVER URIBE REPROACH
[...] (C) On December 20, Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) Director Andres Penate told polcouns that he was upset with President Uribe for excoriating him in public after he tried to correct the record regarding Venezuelan allegations that GOC military officials were working with forme [...]
2005-12-20 22:51:00Embassy BogotaSECRETMOPS PINR PREL CO
05BOGOTA1705MILITARY JUSTICE TAKES FIRST STEPS TOWARDS REFORM
[...] Summary: Director of Military Justice Brigadier General Puentes has proposed a two-phase reform strategy to present to Congress in March and July of this year. While the plan does not establish an independent body outside of the Ministry of Defense, it does attempt to overcome recurring compl [...]
2005-02-23 13:26:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PHUM MOPS CO
05BOGOTA2052COMBINED COLOMBIAN POLICE AND ARMY AVIATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Colombian Army (COLAR) helicopters recently supported a Colombian National Police (CNP) airmobile assault on cocaine hydrochlide (HCL) processing laboratories. The eight-day operation was notable not only for its operational results - three laboratories were destroyed and nearl [...]
2005-03-03 19:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR MOPS MASS CO
05BOGOTA2304OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM: REDUCTION IN OIL EXPORTS DUE
[...] (C) Summary: The Cano Limon pipeline has been hit eight times this year, generating losses of over USD 25 million (more than the losses in 2004). The area attacked has also changed, with half the attacks in the Catatumbo region of Norte de Santander Department, where repairs are more diffic [...]
2005-03-09 22:08:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET MCAP MOPS CO
05BOGOTA3041 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: FEBRUARY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Following is the February 2005 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by ref A. There were 5167 tracks noted, of which 16 were declared Unidentified, Assumed Suspect (UAS) Tracks, with one Phase III event/Law Enforcement End Game where an aircraft was destroyed and 600 [...]
2005-04-04 20:10:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA3233FARC ATTACKS LOCALIZED TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY
[...] (U) This cable replaces Bogota 3073 which was transmitted in error. Please destroy all prior copies. 2. (S/NF) Summary. FARC violence in the first quarter of 2005, although tactically aggressive, remained localized and below 2004 levels in all categories: attacks against military and [...]
2005-04-07 19:45:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS MOPS PHUM FARC
05BOGOTA3235MILITARY JUSTICE REFORM MOVES FORWARD
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Director of Military Penal Justice (MPJ) Brigadier General Luis Fernando Puentes told Emboff on March 16 that the "shock" reform package (reftel) would be submitted to Congress this week. In preparation for the rollout, Puentes an [...]
2005-04-07 20:00:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKJUS MOPS PHUM CO
05BOGOTA335PLAN COLOMBIA/COLOMBIAN ARMY BLACKHAWK GOES DOWN IN
[...] AT APPROXIMATELY 0020 ON JANUARY 13, A PLAN COLOMBIA/COLOMBIAN ARMY UH-60 BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER WITH 20 TROOPS CRASHED DUE TO BAD WEATHER APPROXIMATELY 36 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUMACO IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NARINO, ON COLOMBIA'S PACIFIC COAST. THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS. 2. THE HELICOPTER WAS CARRYI [...]
2005-01-13 20:14:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PTER MOPS CO
05BOGOTA3691COUNTER DRUG BRIGADE SUCCESSES IN NARINO
[...] (U) Summary: Counter Drug (CD) Brigade operations in Narino Department from January to March destroyed 13 HCL labs, captured over 1500 kgs of cocaine HCL and over 5000 kgs of explosives. The 1st and 2nd battalions of the Plan Colombia-supported CD Brigade have been conducting ongoing operatio [...]
2005-04-19 18:04:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PTER MOPS CO
05BOGOTA3914 SWIFT RESPONSE REPELS FARC ATTACK ON TORIBIO, CAUCA
[...] Summary: GOC forces repelled an attack by 300-400 members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on the town of Toribio, Cauca Department. The early morning attack on April 14 was repelled initially by the 82-man Municipal Police detachment that had been armed and equipped with [...]
2005-04-25 18:01:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PTER MOPS CO FARC
05BOGOTA3928GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH MOD AND HIGH COMMAND
[...] (U) April 10, 2005, Ambassador's residence, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Ambassador William B. Wood Gen Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Mr. Milton K. Drucker (DCM) COL William G. Graves (Defense Attach) COL Simeon Trombitas (Military Assistance [...]
2005-04-25 21:12:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA3937GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH GENERAL OSPINA
[...] (U) April 10, 2005, National Administrative Center (CAN),Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Ambassador William B. Wood US Defense Attach, Colonel William Graves Military Group Commander, Colonel Sim [...]
2005-04-25 22:03:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA4050SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR
[...] (C) The GOC and embassy welcome Under Secretary Feith's visit with enthusiasm. The Bilateral Working Group (BWG) will hold defense policy discussions on policy, modernization, and narcoterrorism. Colombia faces a four front war -- narcos, FARC, ELN, paramilitaries -- and a growing concern ab [...]
2005-04-28 21:34:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ASEC PTER PHUM ECON CO
05BOGOTA4131MOD MEMO ON VENEZUELAN ARMS PURCHASE
[...] (C) A week after the Senate Second Committee conducted a public hearing on Venezuelan arms purchases (reftel),an undated memo from the Colombian Defense Ministry responding to congressional inquiries on Venezuelan arms purchases was leaked to the press. The secret memorandum was addressed to [...]
2005-04-29 22:11:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA4360UNDER SECRETARY FEITH MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE
[...] (C) On May 3, 2005 Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith discussed Colombia's democratic security strategy and concerns about Venezuela with President Alvaro Uribe. Uribe described U.S. assistance as critical to counterterror and counterdrug successes. Feith assured Uribe that [...]
2005-05-10 14:59:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PREL MOPS ASEC SNAR CO
05BOGOTA4534U.S. SOLDIERS DETAINED IN MELGAR
[...] (SBU) This is a summary account of events related to the discovery of U.S. manufacture munitions in a private apartment in Carmen de Apicala, Tolima Department. Although Post has attempted to make this cable accurate, there are still many facts surrounding this incident not yet known. Therefo [...]
2005-05-13 21:32:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA4569PROPOSED REMINGTON SALE TO INDUMIL INTENDS
[...] (U) Post closely examined the proposed sale of Remington munitions components to Industrias Militar (INDUMIL)(reftel). The components would be used for the production of 0.38 spl and 7.65 mm caliber ammunition. INDUMIL officials confirmed that this grade of ammunition is used only for self-de [...]
2005-05-16 18:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO ETRD
05BOGOTA4628BILATERAL WORKING GROUP JOINT STATEMENT
[...] (U) On May 4 to 5, a U.S. delegation led by Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith held a SIPDIS Bilateral Working Group with Colombian military and government officials in Cartagena. During the conference, U/S Feith and Defense Minister Jorge Alberto Uribe signed a joint stat [...]
2005-05-17 14:57:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL PTER MOPS CO
05BOGOTA4960COLOMBIAN ARMED FORCES CONTINUE TO PRESSURE
[...] (C) According to government statistics, operations against self-defense groups have increased by 300 percent, and 9,804 paramilitaries have been captured and 1,125 killed during Uribe's term. In the first four months of 2005 alone, 4,231 have been captured and 1,060 killed. Press reports from [...]
2005-05-24 20:20:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA5083COUNTER DRUG BRIGADE OPERATION AGAINST DANIEL
[...] (SBU) The 1st Battalion of the Plan Colombia supported Counter Drug Brigade (CD BDE) conducted operations in the department of Narino from January to May. On the last day of their deployment, May 5, the unit conducted an operation against the Colombian Revolutionary Front (FARC) Daniel Aldana [...]
2005-05-26 17:58:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PTER MOPS CO
05BOGOTA5207PLAN PATRIOTA PHASE 2B UPDATE
[...] (C) General Fracica took control of the Joint Task Force Omega (JTF-O),responsible for carrying out Plan Patriota's Phase 2B in Southeastern Colombia, in December 2004. Progress in the area of operations was slow in early 2005; changes by Fracica prompted some limited advancements but progres [...]
2005-05-31 20:52:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PREL CO FARC
05BOGOTA5395COLOMBIA: SA/LW NEGOTIATIONS ON MARKING AND TRACING
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to MFA Disarmament Coordinator Diana Aguilar June 1. She said Colombia wants uniform standards for marking of weapons and ammunition, but would be flexible regarding a legally binding document. 2. (C) Trafficking in small arms and light weapons is a cruci [...]
2005-06-03 22:09:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CO MOPS
05BOGOTA5510FARC PROOF OF LIFE: MILITARY ATTACKS YIELD
[...] (S/NF) Violence orchestrated by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) continues at increased levels in 2005 and aims to chip away at public support for President Uribe's tough stand against the guerrillas. The FARC's activities have not affected the COLMIL's military campaigns aga [...]
2005-06-09 15:19:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PGOV PHUM PTER CO FARC
05BOGOTA5616ELN'S HEROES OF ANORI BLOC DEMOBILIZES
[...] (U) Summary: Twenty-nine members of the National Liberation Army (ELN) in Antioquia surrendered to the Colombian Army's Fourth Brigade on June 1 and agreed to demobilize. The ""Heroes and Martyrs of Anori"" became the first ELN members to demobilize in a mass ceremony. Although the desertions wil [...]
2005-06-13 15:12:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL MOPS MX CO ELN
05BOGOTA5802CLIPPED WINGS: COLOMBIA'S AIR ASSET LIMITS
[...] (S) Colombia's size and terrain make military air operations vital to the nation's security. However, the Colombian Air Force (COLAF) accounts for less than 8 percent of the 2005 defense budget. The COLAF's primary offensive aircraft are based in Cundinamarca and Atlantico Departments, which [...]
2005-06-17 18:02:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO ETRD
05BOGOTA5880 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: MAY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the May, 2005, Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by reftel. There were no Phase I/II/III events during this period. 2. (SBU) In May, 2005, 3,011 tracks were noted over Colombia, of which 37 were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) aircraft. Five were eventua [...]
2005-06-21 14:03:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA6237FARC PUTUMAYO ATTACK KILLS 21 SOLDIERS
[...] (C) Summary: On June 25, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) carried out their deadliest one-day attack since President Uribe took office. The twelve simultaneous strikes killed 21 and wounded 11 soldiers in southeastern Putumayo Department. President Uribe, disturbed by the hi [...]
2005-06-30 22:35:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPTER PGOV MOPS EC CO FARC
05BOGOTA6495EX-GUERRILLA AND PARAMILITARY DESCRIBE THEIR LIVES
[...] (U) Colombia's Ministry of Defense (MOD),the agency in charge of the first phase of the individual desertion program for guerrillas and paramilitaries, began recording deserter testimonies on June 24 and invited Emboffs to observe. The MOD interviewed a former paramilitary and former ELN bloc [...]
2005-07-11 18:42:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER MOPS CO ELN AUC
05BOGOTA6508NEW MOD CAMILO OSPINA DISCUSSES BILATERAL
[...] (C) On July 9, the newly-appointed Minister of Defense Camilo Ospina visited the Ambassador to discuss bilateral military cooperation. They discussed a range of issues including human rights, high value targets, funding for military assistance, and the Justice and Peace Law. Ospina stated th [...]
2005-07-12 11:22:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MARR MOPS PHUM PINR CO
05BOGOTA6598Four Dead, Two Helicopters Lost in Colombian
[...] (SBU) Summary: Colombian Military forces lost four dead and two helicopters within a span of 48 hours. On July 8, a Plan Colombia-provided UH1-HII (Huey II) operated by the Colombian Army crashed as a result of hostile fire, resulting in four fatalities, including one Colombian national emplo [...]
2005-07-13 21:47:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR MOPS MASS CO
05BOGOTA6681ACCUSATIONS OF COLMIL THIRD BRIGADE FOOD
[...] (C) Patricia Dahl, New York affiliate director of Wisconsin-based human rights NGO, Colombia Support Network (CSN),met with the Embassy on June 27 to discuss alleged food confiscations by the Colombian Military Third Brigade against civilian groups in Alta Naya, Cauca Department. Dahl was a [...]
2005-07-18 14:37:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CO MOPS PTER
05BOGOTA6718MILITARY JUSTICE REFORM FOCUSES ON SYSTEMIC FLAWS
[...] (U) On July 11, the Ambassador hosted military justice Director Brigadier General Luis Fernando Puentes to discuss the military justice reform process and encourage transparency. Colombia's Military Penal Justice (MPJ) system has been accused of promoting impunity and responding slowly to cri [...]
2005-07-18 21:20:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PHUM MOPS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA7191SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT URIBE'S VISIT TO CRAWFORD
[...] (C) President Uribe's visit to Crawford comes at a key moment and will serve as an opportunity to advance several items in our bilateral relationship. Uribe will thank the President for U.S. political support and financial assistance for the counter-drug, counter-terror, and development effort [...]
2005-07-29 21:35:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD MOPS CO
05BOGOTA7312NEWEST PUTUMAYO ATTACKS TARGET GOC AND CIVILIANS
[...] (C) On July 20, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas began the second offensive in under a month against Putumayo Department. The five-day mission targeted nine municipalities, including Mocoa, the department's capital. As with attacks against military bases last month [...]
2005-08-02 22:47:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO FARC
05BOGOTA7332INDUMIL'S SAFEGUARDS SUFFICIENT FOR ARMS AND
[...] (U) Several U.S. companies have attempted to seek licenses from PM to sell defense articles to the Colombian Military (COLMIL) and Police this year and have been denied, possibly due to concerns about Colombia's end user controls. Military Industries (INDUMIL) is the Colombian government's onl [...]
2005-08-03 15:44:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR MOPS CO
05BOGOTA7359U/S BURNS MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN MOD OSPINA
[...] (U) July 27, 2005, 10:00-11:00 am, Ministry of Defense, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Nicholas Burns, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Political Counselor Cynthia Echeverria, P Special Assistant Peter Husta, Acting MilGroup Commander [...]
2005-08-04 16:18:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA7402U/S BURNS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE
[...] (U) July 26, 2005, 4:00-5:30 pm, Casa de Narino, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. --- R. Nicholas Burns, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Cynthia Echeverria, P Special Assistant Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Polcouns (notetaker) Luis Guio, Interpreter Colombia -------- [...]
2005-08-04 22:44:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA7602 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JULY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the July 2005 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by Ref A. There was one Phase II event during this period. 2. (SBU) In July 2005, 4884 tracks were sorted over Colombia, of which 33 were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) aircraft. Two of those were identif [...]
2005-08-10 22:11:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA7735 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JULY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the July 2005 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by Ref A. There was one Phase II event during this period. 2. (SBU) In July 2005, 4884 tracks were sorted over Colombia, of which 33 were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) aircraft. Two of those were identif [...]
2005-08-16 22:08:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA7832COLOMBIAN MILITARY SPENDING MORE TRANSPARENT THAN
[...] (U) Vice-Minister of Defense Eastman praised the results of the Security and Democracy Foundation (FSD) and the Latin American Security Defense Network (RESDAL) study of transparency in Colombia's defense budgeting and spending released on 9 August, while acknowledging that more needs to be do [...]
2005-08-19 13:39:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS ECON KCRM CO
05BOGOTA8475 COLOMBIAN AIR FORCE C-26'S
[...] Post has received a diplomatic note from the Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs requesting assistance in the use of the two Colombian Air Force C-26 aircraft that were modified by the United States Government (USG) for air interception and surveillance. 2. Funding for these aircraft is [...]
2005-09-08 22:07:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8816IRISH THREE EXTRADITION REQUEST SUBMITTED
[...] (U) North Irish Democratic Unionist Party Member of Parliament Jeffery Donaldson visited Colombia the week of September 5 to investigate allegations against the "Irish Three" (Niall Connolly, Martin McCauley, and James Monaghan) and speak with Colombian officials. Three members of "FAIR" (Fam [...]
2005-09-19 17:08:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA9095COLOMBIANS PROTEST FRENCH REGARDING FARC
[...] (U) The Colombian Foreign Ministry sent the French Ambassador to Colombia a diplomatic note on September 23 protesting France's latest contact with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in early September, without GOC authorization. The French reportedly sent the envoy to negotiat [...]
2005-09-24 16:44:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO FARC
05BRASILIA1471BRAZIL REFUSES TERMS OF PROPOSED NOTE ON MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary. The GOB has rejected our proposal to grant A and T status to U.S. servicemembers coming to Brazil for the PKO South and Patriot Angel exercises. GOB officials have indicated that a diplomatic note with language similar to that used in the past would be acceptable. End summary. [...]
2005-05-31 19:55:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MASS PREL BR POL MIL
05BRASILIA1479ENGAGING GOB ON SITUATION IN HAITI
[...] (C) We read with deep concern ref a and b assessments of the deteriorating security situation and endangered political process in Haiti. In light of these trends, we believe it is urgent that we engage directly at senior levels with the GOB, to gather information regarding their current assess [...]
2005-06-01 19:17:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS BR UNSC
05BRASILIA1675BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO NEW TEXT FOR PKO SOUTH DIPNOTE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Luisa Lopes, Deputy Director of the Office to Combat Illicit Transnational Activities (COCIT) at the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Lopes noted that the proposed language was similar to past US/GOB agreements and is in line with agreements betwee [...]
2005-06-23 18:38:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS MASS KTIA BR POL MIL
05BRASILIA2683BRAZIL: CONSULTATION ON AIR BRIDGE DENIAL PROGRAM,
[...] (C) Introduction. On 10 October Embassy PolCouns, Air Attache and DEA Attache met with senior Ministry of Defense (MOD),Federal Police (DPF) and Foreign Ministry (MRE) representatives to review Brazil's Air Bridge Denial ("shootdown") program. The purpose of the consultation was to gather in [...]
2005-10-07 16:36:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS MASS MARR KTIA BR POL MIL
05BRASILIA2767BRAZIL: REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph four for action request. 2. (U) On October 13, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Marcelo Bohlke at Brazil's Ministry of External Relations United Nations Division (DNU). Poloff also provided points to Marcia Ramos at the Ministry's [...]
2005-10-17 18:35:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR BR TIP
05BRASILIA318BRAZIL: REGIONAL INFORMATION SHARING FOR AIR
[...] (C) Summary: Ref query requested Embassy views on the potential for sharing U.S. information (particularly ROTHR data) with the GOB as part of cooperative regional effort at air bridge denial (ABD) that may also include Colombia. In summary form below are our observations, based on the history [...]
2005-02-03 19:03:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MARR MOPS PINR BR POL MIL
05BRASILIA388BRAZIL: GOB REQUESTS USG "BEST EFFORTS" TO
[...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by PolCouns, Consul General and Special Assistant, met on 15 February with Ambassador Ruy Nogueira, Foreign Ministry (MRE) Under Secretary for Cooperation and Brazilian Overseas Communities, at Nogueira's request. Nogueira, whose regular portfolio focuses on consul [...]
2005-02-16 09:07:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS BR
05BRASILIA815BRAZIL MILITARY EXERCISES, DIPLOMATIC NOTES
[...] This message was coordinated with DAO, MLO, and POL. 2. (C) Over the next few months, Brazil will host a number of military exercises, including PKO South and Patriot Angel SAR. While the GOB has provided its usual written assurances concerning protections for US personnel participating i [...]
2005-03-24 20:40:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MASS BR
05BRATISLAVA511SLOVAKIA TO STAY THE COURSE IN IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: Slovak government interlocutors welcomed beginning dialogue on future planning for Iraq deployments, particularly in civlian channels. The GOS is firmly committed to staying the course as long as the Iraqi government requests help, there is an international mandate, and the manda [...]
2005-07-01 09:00:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ LO
05BRATISLAVA538MOD PROPOSES ADDING AFGHANISTAN TO JULY 22 AGENDA
[...] (SBU) Action request: The Slovak Ministry of Defense would like to add to the agenda of Ambassador Jones' July 22 pol-mil talks on Iraq discussion on Slovak intentions to end participation in OEF and join ISAF in Afghanistan. Please advise if the team from Washington will be prepared to discu [...]
2005-07-11 13:50:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL AF LO
05BRATISLAVA539MOD PROPOSES ADDING AFGHANISTAN TO JULY 22 AGENDA
[...] (SBU) Action request: The Slovak Ministry of Defense would like to add to the agenda of Ambassador Jones' July 22 pol-mil talks on Iraq discussion on Slovak intentions to end participation in OEF and join ISAF in Afghanistan. Please advise if the team from Washington will be prepared to discu [...]
2005-07-11 13:50:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL AF LO
05BRUSSELS1727NATO AND EU MEET TO DISCUSS SUPPORT TO DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 29 April 2005, NATO International Staff (IS) and International Military Staff (IMS) led by Assistant Secretary General Kobieracki, met with EU General Secretariat SIPDIS and EU Military Staff (EUMS) members led by Director General for ESDP, Pieter Feith in the EU's Kortenb [...]
2005-05-03 14:41:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS EAID SU ET NATO USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1734TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA
[...] (U) Summary. The April 20 transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR) addressed priorities in the Great Lakes (ensuring democratic governance, supporting security sector reform and fostering regional stability),Somalia (consolidating the peace process),Sudan (Darfur and North-South); West [...]
2005-05-04 05:12:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV MOPS PHUM EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2610CIVCOM: ITS PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Summary: A June 29 meeting between USEU officials and a group of counselors from the EU Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (CIVCOM) clarified the role that the committee plays within the ESDP structure and the challenges it faces inside and outside the EU. A relatively ne [...]
2005-07-08 15:39:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2668DRC ELECTIONS: INCREASED FUNDING AND MONUC SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary. At a July 11 conference to rally support for elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),donors pledged an additional 74 million euros to largely cover one of the critical funding gaps. However, UN Security Council (UNSC) agreement for the MONUC peacekeeping operation [...]
2005-07-13 12:33:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PHUM MOPS CG EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2730EC CONSIDERS FUNDING OPTIONS FOR AMIS
[...] (C) Summary. Although the European Commission (EC) has reservations about expanding the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS IIe) beyond 7000 peacekeepers, it nonetheless is considering a third funding tranche from its Africa Peace Facility (APF). Even if the EC uses most of the APF balance, [...]
2005-07-19 04:53:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2918S/CRS DEEPENS EU CIVILIAN CRISIS RESPONSE CONTACTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On 25 July, staff from the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) met with various EU bodies dealing with civilian crisis management. Director of Planning Barbara Stephenson emphasized to the Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management ( [...]
2005-08-04 10:29:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS FR EUN KCRS USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2923THE STRUCTURE AND PROGRESS OF THE EU'S CIV-MIL CELL
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The EU has created a civilian-military cell designed to enhance its strategic and operational planning capabilities without detracting from NATO,s role as "the natural choice" for a military operation involving the European and American allies." Declared operational on 1 June [...]
2005-08-04 16:12:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS379S/CRS ASSESSES THE EU'S CRISIS RESPONSE
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The European Union has developed deployable capabilities in police monitoring and training, civil administration, rule of law, and civil protection. Under the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP),there is an evolving capacity to do early warning of failed or failing st [...]
2005-01-27 13:52:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MCAP MOPS EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS4300TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The October 19 transatlantic consultations on Africa included a variety of big picture themes -- the EU strategy for Africa, peacekeeping, development, political Islam and extremism, China in Africa -- as well as discussion about key political issues in the Great Lakes, Uganda, [...]
2005-12-06 11:07:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV PHUM EAID MOPS XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS4333EUROPEAN UNION EXERCISES BATTLEGROUP COMMAND AND
[...] (C) Summary. The EU began an exercise November 22 to test the Command and Control procedures linking the "political level" in Brussels with a Framework Nation EU Operational Headquarters and with a deployable Force Headquarters in the case of an EU Battlegroup deployment. NATO International S [...]
2005-12-08 10:30:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1030HOSTAGE CRISIS TESTS ROMANIAN PRESIDENCY; BASESCU
[...] (C) Summary: The kidnapping and potential killing of three Romanian journalists presents an unprecedented challenge to President Traian Basescu, four months into his tenure. He has staked out a firm position in favor of strong transatlantic ties and a continued Romanian military contribution [...]
2005-04-27 14:23:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS IZ RO
05BUCHAREST1350ROMANIA SEEKS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PFP PROJECT IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR seeks financial support from the USG for participation as a "co-lead country" in a NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) trust fund project in the Republic of Moldova to destroy chemicals and pesticides. Post includes a nonpaper that outlines the GOR request. End Summary. [...]
2005-06-13 11:12:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PARM MOPS MD RO NATO
05BUCHAREST1402ROMANIA'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR SEEBRIG DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar told PolOff in a June 16 discussion regarding Romanian support for the South East Europe Brigade (SEEBRIG) that a U.S. contribution to SEEBRIG of USD 1 million this year as part of the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI),would constitute "us [...]
2005-06-21 07:48:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL AF RO NATO
05BUCHAREST1405IRAQ: ROMANIA OPEN TO CHANGES IN ITS MISSION
[...] (S) On June 15, PolChief and DATT, along with British DCM delivered talking points on the U.S. Iraq strategy after Iraq elections to Stelian Stoian, MFA Director General for the Middle East and Global Affairs; Mihaela Matei, MOD Strategic Affairs Directorate Head; and Andreea Pastarnac, Direct [...]
2005-06-21 13:12:00Embassy BucharestSECRETMARR MOPS PREL IZ UK RO
05BUCHAREST1427ROMANIA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CFE TREATY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) MFA Strategic Policy Director General Cristian Istrate and NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar discussed with PolChief and PolOff June 9 Romanian concerns regarding the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. Subsequent to the June 9 meeting, Maghiar provided a nonpaper (set [...]
2005-06-23 13:04:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MARR MOPS PGOV PREL MD GG RO NATO CFE
05BUCHAREST1530 ROMANIA: PROPOSED FY2005 SOLIDARITY FUND
[...] PolChief discussed Coalition Solidarity Fund (CSF) allocation of $17,000,000 to Romania with MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar and other MFA interlocutors on June 30. Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) also discussed the allocation July 1 with Ion-Mircea Plangu, MOD State S [...]
2005-07-11 14:20:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PARM PREL MOPS MARR RO
05BUCHAREST1580 ROMANIA MOVES AHEAD WITH PLANS TO ABOLISH DRAFT
[...] (U) The GOR decided July 11 to abolish the draft for the Romanian Armed Forces effective January 1, 2007. The decision reflects Romania's ongoing defense modernization program, which includes the goal of an all-professional MOD, consisting of 75,000 soldiers and 15,000 civilians, by 2007. ( [...]
2005-07-15 11:07:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS MARR SOCI RO
05BUCHAREST1644ROMANIA REAFFIRMS STRONG CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED TROOP PRESENCE IN IRAQ DESPITE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-26 07:00:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR EFIN OVIP RO IZ
05BUCHAREST31AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador January 3-4 made introductory calls on new Foreign Minister Razvan Ungureanu and new Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu. Echoing a prominent theme in President Traian Basescu's electoral campaign, both incoming ministers expressed a firm commitment to a strong relati [...]
2005-01-06 16:08:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR MASS ECON PINR MD UP IZ RO UNSC
05BUCHAREST566ROMANIAN REACTION TO NATO TRUST FUND TO DESTROY
[...] (C) PolMilOff discussed possible Romanian support for a U.S.-led NATO/Partnership for Peace (PfP) Trust Fund to destroy Ukrainian munitions, SA/LW and MANPADS with MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar March 2. (Reftel) Maghiar stated that the GOR would "seriously consider" supporting the [...]
2005-03-07 15:52:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALETTC MARR MOPS PREL UP MD RO NATO
05BUCHAREST658ROMANIAN PRESIDENT PROPOSES NEW NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu is scheduled to propose within the next month a national security strategy for Parliamentary approval reflecting the findings of the February 28 meeting of the inter-ministerial Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT). Responding to five principal thr [...]
2005-03-16 15:26:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS PINR RO NATO
05BUCHAREST938ROMANIA SATISFIED WITH BLACKSEAFOR OUTCOME
[...] (C) Summary. Romania is satisfied with the results of the recent BLACKSEAFOR meeting, which includes an agreement allowing Black Sea states to work with non-BLACKSEAFOR states and organizations in the region, and activates the BLACKSEAFOR mission control structure for a period of one year, al [...]
2005-04-15 11:32:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PARM TU RS GG IP RO NATO RU
05BUENOSAIRES3164ARGENTINA AND CHILE SIGN ACCORD FOR A NEW COMBINED
[...] (U) New Argentine Defense Minister Nilda Garre and her Chilean counterpart Jaime Ravinet signed an agreement December 27 in Buenos Aires to create a combined peacekeeping force to participate in United Nations missions, which is planned to debut in Haiti as early as August 2006. 2. (U) The [...]
2005-12-28 19:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL AR
05CAIRO2517CODELS PELOSI/KILPATRICK/SMITH/DREIER IN CAIRO
[...] (C) During the week of March 20-24, Egyptian Minister of Defense Tantawi met with 20 members of Congress and staff from CODEL Pelosi (March 20, eight representatives),CODEL Kilpatrick (March 23, five representatives),CODEL Smith (March 23, one senator),and CODEL Dreier (March 24, six repre [...]
2005-03-31 09:38:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL MOPS MASS IR IS IZ SU EG
05CAIRO2552MESSAGE ON KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON SYRIA:
[...] (C) The Charge spoke separately on April 2 with Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad and MFA Chief of Staff Sameh Shukry to request the Government of Egypt to reinforce with the Syrian leadership the importance of timely parliamentary elections in Lebanon and of Syria's providing a timetable f [...]
2005-04-03 14:11:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EG SY LE
05CAIRO2741SUDAN: EGYPT SUGGESTS DARFUR WAR CRIMINALS BE
[...] (C) Following an April 6 meeting between President Mubarak and Sudanese Foreign Minister Ismail, Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit told the press that "Sudanese war criminals need not go to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the Sudanese judiciary held fair trials." MFA contacts c [...]
2005-04-07 19:21:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PHUM EG SU
05CAIRO2852IRAQ POLICY COORDINATOR JONES'S MEETINGS WITH
[...] (S) During an April 11 visit to Egypt, Iraq Policy Coordinator and Senior Advisor (S/I) Richard Jones met separately with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit. They expressed interest in hosting a preparatory meeting of senior officials ahead of an intern [...]
2005-04-12 15:49:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC EG IZ OVIP
05CAIRO2896EGYPT: COS WEHEBA AND CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Egyptian Chief of Staff Weheba on April 13, senior U.S. military commanders led by Deputy CENTCOM Commander LTG Smith agreed that plans for BRIGHT STAR 2005 were on track. Weheba hoped to invite Congressional observers to that exercise. Weheba welcomed an apparen [...]
2005-04-14 15:45:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS EG
05CAIRO3112NEW EGYPTIAN DONATION TO AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY
[...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MoD) responded to ref E request, relayed through State and military channels and reinforced by a letter of request from CENTCOM, to donate much needed arms and ammunition to the Afghan National Army. Egypt made an identical donation in 2003 (r [...]
2005-04-27 04:58:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS EG
05CAIRO3176PREPARING FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO EGYPT
[...] (C) General Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your return visit to Egypt. U.S.-Egyptian military relations have benefited from our strategic reliance on one another for over 25 years. We look forward to your visit as yet another opportunity to reconfirm our common commitment to stabili [...]
2005-04-28 15:36:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS EG
05CAIRO3649SUDAN: EGYPTIAN CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN
[...] (SBU) During a May 12 meeting with MFA Sudan Office Deputy Director Abdelmoneim Omar, poloff explored the current Egyptian contribution to the African Union (AU)'s Mission in Sudan (AMIS),drawing from reftel talking points to express appreciation for Egypt's continued and expanding involvemen [...]
2005-05-12 15:43:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS EAID EG SU
05CAIRO3650SUDAN: NATO TECHNICAL AND LOGISTICAL ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Poloff met May 12 with MFA Sudan Affairs Deputy Office Director Abdelmoneim Omar to press the GOE to support African Union (AU) Chairman Konare's recent appeal to NATO for provision of technical and logistical assistance for the AU Mission in Darfur, Sudan. Omar said that Egypt supported [...]
2005-05-12 15:54:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PHUM EG SU
05CAIRO4535EGYPT: ARCENT COMMANDER HEARS BRIGHT STAR
[...] (C) Summary: During June 15 meetings with Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials in Cairo, ARCENT Commander LTG Whitcomb was told that BRIGHT STAR planning was progressing well and that MoD saw no outstanding problems (such as invitations to the three observer countries which were of concern t [...]
2005-06-15 16:49:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS SU SY CH IZ AF EG
05CAIRO4757GOE SEEKING INFORMATION ON EGYPTIANS REPORTEDLY
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) During a June 22 meeting, Ambassador Ahmed Tayyeb, Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs, raised with A/DCM the cases of six Egyptian citizens the GOE believes may in the custody of U.S. Multi-National Force [...]
2005-06-23 10:08:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MOPS EG IZ
05CAIRO4876EGYPT: PEACEKEEPERS HEAD TO SOUTHERN SUDAN
[...] On June 21, President Mubarak reviewed Egyptian troops preparing for peacekeeping missions in south Sudan. The President reminded the troops, and the public, that Sudan would constitute Egypt's sixth active peacekeeping mission under the UN umbrella. Minister of Defense Tantawi highlighted [...]
2005-06-27 14:37:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO MOPS MASS SU EG
05CAIRO6135MAURITANIA COUP: ARAB LEAGUE SENDING PERSONAL
[...] (C) Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Palestinian Affairs Said Kamal (protect) told poloff August 9 that he had been appointed as the Secretary General's Personal Envoy on Mauritania and that he would visit Nouakchott August 11 to meet with coup leaders and others. Kamal, who reques [...]
2005-08-09 16:09:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PINR EG MR
05CAIRO6420IRAQ: HALTING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN INSURGENTS AND
[...] (S) The Charge delivered reftel demarche July 24 to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad, stressing the importance of assisting Iraq with its battle to confront the insurgency movement. Addressing the need to prevent Egyptian nationals from travelling to Iraq for the purpose of conducting jiha [...]
2005-08-21 15:15:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ
05CAIRO6494MAURITANIA: EGYPT MAINTAINING A LOW PROFILE ON
[...] (C) During an August 22 meeting on other topics with MFA Cabinet staff member responsible for Arab affairs, Alaa Hadidi, poloff inquired into GOE policy toward the recent coup d'etat in Mauritania. Hadidi acknowledged Egypt's relatively quiet public posture on the coup and stated that Egypt [...]
2005-08-23 15:11:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KDEM EG MR
05CAIRO6509SUDAN: DARFUR REBEL GROUPS AND ZAM ZAM BLOCKADE;
[...] (C) Post is unaware of any permanent official representation in Egypt of either the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) or the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). While representatives of these Darfur rebel groups may occasionally transit Cairo and engage locally-based Sudanese oppositio [...]
2005-08-24 10:53:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS EG SU SA KBIO
05CAIRO6653EGYPT: ABU MAZEN'S VISIT TO EGYPT
[...] (C) Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas's (Abu Mazen) August 24-25 visit to Egypt via the Rafah border crossing in Gaza was marked by both symbolism and substance. Having Abbas enter Egypt via the Rafah crossing signaled Egyptian determination to keep the crossing open and to maintain close w [...]
2005-08-29 14:23:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL EG IS MEPN
05CAIRO6673PRESSING THE ARAB LEAGUE TO SUPPORT IRAQI
[...] (C) Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa has so far been marginally helpful on building political support for Iraq's new constitution, despite USG and British requests for his assistance in reaching out to key Iraq Sunni figures. In public, so far, Moussa has focused his attention on dra [...]
2005-08-30 10:12:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ
05CAIRO7113(C) SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S SEPTEMBER
[...] (C) General Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your return visit to Egypt. Your visit for the Bright Star exercise will reaffirm the strength of the U.S.-GOE bilateral relationship and our common commitment to regional stability. I look forward to discussing with you recent internal po [...]
2005-09-13 10:05:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL MOPS MASS KPAL EG IS OVIP
05CAIRO7297GAZA-EGYPT BORDER SECURITY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 18
[...] (C) Embassy officers at the Rafah border September 18 reported that formal GOE border terminals remain closed, as civilian two-way foot traffic to and from Egypt continues at modest levels through monitored gaps in security fences on the Egyptian side of the border north of the Rafah Terminal. [...]
2005-09-20 09:14:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS KPAL PINS EG IS
05CAIRO7418EGYPT-GAZA BORDER: GOE UPDATE SEPTEMBER 24
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 24 meeting, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble and General Emir and Colonel Osama of the Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) discussed the situation at the Egypt-Gaza border, the reason for the confusion following IDF withdrawa [...]
2005-09-25 14:02:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPAL MOPS EG IS
05CAIRO7423RAFAH-GAZA BORDER: EGYPT STRUGGLES TO SUPPORT
[...] (C) The recent chaos on the Rafah-Gaza border laid bare Egypt's dilemma of trying to balance its strong support for Palestinian statehood with its efforts to prevent extremism in Egypt. Clearly caught unprepared by the influx of people into Egypt from Gaza, Cairo's "humanitarian" response to [...]
2005-09-26 08:07:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL EG IS
05CAIRO7549SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO EGYPT OF IRAQ POLICY
[...] (C) Ambassador Jeffrey, we are looking forward to hosting you and your delegation here in Cairo to pursue the first phase of your Arab outreach strategy on Iraq. Your visit provides an opportunity to consult with the GOE on Iraq at a critical time. We believe you should use your visit to en [...]
2005-09-29 14:31:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS EG IZ OVIP
05CAIRO7725VISIT OF AMBASSADOR JEFFREY: EGYPTIAN REACTION TO ARAB OUTREACH STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 08:59:00Embassy CairoSECRETEAID ECON EG IZ MOPS OVIP PGOV PREL PTER SY
05CAIRO7885A/S WELCH DISCUSSES IRAQ, PALESTINE, AND SYRIA
[...] (C) During an October 9 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit expressed pessimism about the near-term outlook in Iraq, but affirmed support for a comprehensive Arab diplomatic approach aimed at preserving national unity and promoting reconciliation. The Foreign Min [...]
2005-10-13 12:28:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EG
05CAIRO7937HELPING REBUILD EGYPTIAN-IRAQI POLITICAL RELATIONS
[...] (C) In recent discussions with the Ambassador, senior GOE and GOI interlocutors have expressed a willingness to engage more robustly and productively with their Iraqi counterparts in a number of specific areas. Post strongly endorses taking prompt advantage of this opening to help repair frac [...]
2005-10-16 12:54:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ECON PTER EG IZ
05CAIRO7963ARAB LEAGUE'S MOUSSA TO BAGHDAD; SEEKING USG
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph five. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) During an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador to discuss Iraq's constitution referendum, Arab League Secretary General Moussa outlined plans for a visit to Iraq, October 20-21 (protect [...]
2005-10-17 09:19:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS ASEC EG IZ
05CAIRO7998EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DETAILS OCTOBER 17 CAIRO
[...] (C) Summary. Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit told the Ambassador October 17 that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during his meeting with President Mubarak earlier the same day had provided a confident and upbeat assessment of events in the Palestinian territories as well as prospect [...]
2005-10-17 15:10:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL MOPS PTER ECON EG IS IZ MEPN
05CAIRO8111SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO ARAB LEAGUE AMRE
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered the Secretary's oral message (ref A) during a meeting late October 19 with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa - the eve of his departure to SIPDIS Iraq. Moussa received the message positively while focusing attention on the issues of a conference venue a [...]
2005-10-20 13:56:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ
05CAIRO8873SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE 2005 U.S.- EGYPT MCC
[...] (C) The U.S. - Egyptian military partnership represents the foundation of our broader strategic relationship. Although both nations benefit from the relationship, we occasionally differ in the strategies we adopt to achieve our shared goals. Egypt is committed to strengthening our ties, and [...]
2005-11-23 14:08:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MOPS KDEM KPAL IS IZ EG
05CAIRO9529IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE CAUTIOUS ON GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarches to a senior Arab League Secretariat staff member December 26, urging the Arab League to do all it could to support and advance the idea of a national compact to bring Iraqis from all political groups together. Responding to ref A demarche request to reach o [...]
2005-12-27 15:21:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS EG IZ
05CAIRO9582EGYPTIANS CONCERNED BY ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-29 16:25:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS EG LE SY
05CANBERRA1471SINGAPORE-AUSTRALIA MINISTERIAL HIGHLIGHTS DEPTH
[...] (C) Summary: Australian and Singaporean foreign, defense, and trade ministers exchanged views on security issues, counterterrorism, East Asian regional architecture, defense cooperation, and economic integration during the fifth biennial Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee (SAJMC [...]
2005-08-31 08:25:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD EINV EAIR MARR MOPS ECPS AS SN
05CANBERRA342AUSTRALIA TO SEND ADDITIONAL 450 TROOPS TO IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister John Howard announced February 22 that Australia would increase its troop contribution to Iraq by 50 percent by sending 450 additional ground forces to protect Japanese military engineers engaged in reconstruction efforts in Al Muthanna province. Some of the new [...]
2005-02-22 08:06:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PTER PGOV IZ AS
05CANBERRA725GOA CONSIDERING EXTENSION OF INTERNATIONAL POLICE
[...] (U) In an April 22 meeting, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Iraq Task Force Director Jeremy Bruer and Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Iraq Program Manager Katherine Krilov. Krilov indicated that Australia [...]
2005-04-22 05:39:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR SOCI AU AS HU IZ
05CARACAS1829GOV DOGGED BY REPORTS OF MILITARY DISSENSION
[...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan Armed Forces' operations against illegal armed groups on the Colombian border begun after a Venezuelan soldier died in a May 17 shoot-out with irregular troops have not yet abated despite some internal disagreements over the new policy, accusations of human righ [...]
2005-06-16 17:47:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PHUM VE
05CARACAS1865VENEZUELA-DUTCH ANTILLES: SOME IDEAS
[...] (C) The Ambassador discussed Dutch concerns about Venezuelan intentions vis-a-vis the Netherlands Antilles with his Dutch counterpart June 20. The Ambassadors agreed to submit to their capital suggestions for how to respond to GoV assertiveness in the Antilles. The suggestions include a sig [...]
2005-06-21 14:38:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET MOPS VE
05CARACAS750VENEZUELAN MILITARY: SEEKING PLOTTERS BEHIND
[...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan Government and supporters of President Hugo Chavez continue to prepare for a suspected US coup attempt and invasion. Although the Venezuelan Navy chief played down the late February visit of a US Navy vessel at Curacao, Chavez and other GOV officials called it a [...]
2005-03-14 18:39:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS VE
05COLOMBO1284HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION (HMA) FY06 COUNTRY
[...] U.S. Funds Expended : $11,937,000 (through FY2005) 2. A total of 503 officer and enlisted ranks have completed the basic demining course. Also 202 officers and enlisted ranks have completed additional demining instruction and management courses, basic and advance trauma courses as well a [...]
2005-07-22 06:41:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID MARR MOPS PREF PREL CE MAS LTTE
05COLOMBO1522REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN
[...] (C) Charge' raised reftel situation of Uighur Guantanamo detainees with Foreign Ministry Secretary H.G.M.S. Palihakkara August 31 and asked SIPDIS for Sri Lankan assistance. Palihakkara replied that "we'd like to do it," but that accepting the Uighurs would "create problems with our Chine [...]
2005-08-31 05:32:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR CE
05COLOMBO1870REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-31 06:34:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR MV
05COLOMBO2000SRI LANKA: SUSPECTED TIGERS ATTACK US-DONATED
[...] (SBU) Fredrik Palsson, Chief of Party for RONCO, the contractor for the US-funded humanitarian demining program, contacted poloff the morning of November 25 to report that at about 7:45 p.m. the previous evening in the Point Pedro area of Jaffna suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTT [...]
2005-11-25 06:38:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2167SRI LANKA: DEMINING OPERATIONS IN JAFFNA SUSPENDED
[...] (SBU) The HALO Trust (HT),Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and Danish Demining Group (DDG) have all suspended operations in the Jaffna peninsula as of December 28. HALO Trust and the SLA cited the deteriorating security environment, while the DDG's closure coincides with its holiday stand-down. Disgrun [...]
2005-12-28 11:20:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM CASC MOPS KHDP CE EAIS LTTE
05COLOMBO669SRI LANKA: NAVAL VESSEL FIRED ON BY SUSPECTED
[...] (SBU) Just before 10:00 a.m. local time on April 5, a Sri Lankan naval inshore patrol craft was fired upon as it patrolled coastal waters about 700 meters from shore in the eastern district of Trincomalee. A monitor from the Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission (SLMM) was on board the vessel (whic [...]
2005-04-05 12:10:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS CE LTTE
05DHAKA1118BANGLADESH: EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH BANGLADESH FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-14 09:17:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL BG
05DHAKA1856INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) On April 16, an exchange of gunfire between the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) on the northeastern border at Akhaura killed one BSF officer and at least three Bangladeshis, according to media and other reports. The incident occurred as the BSF Directo [...]
2005-04-21 02:30:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IN BG
05DJIBOUTI1057INTERIM MEETING WITH GENERALS FATHI AND ZAKARIA ON
[...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by USLO Chief, met October 17 at Djiboutian Military Headquarters with Chief of Djiboutian Military Forces, General Fathi Ahmed Houssein and his Deputy, General Zakaria Cheick Ibrahim. The meeting was requested by Ambassador to acknowledge receipt of General Zakaria [...]
2005-10-23 11:55:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR MOPS MCAP DJ
05DJIBOUTI193COMMENTS ON ETHIOPIA, ERITREA SITUATION FROM
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met 23 February with Acting Foreign Minister, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, at her request, to discuss several issues, including the Ethiopia/Eritrea border issue, Djibouti's relationship with France, the recent visit of President Guelleh to Qatar, and Millennium Challenge Acc [...]
2005-02-27 12:03:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV DJ ET ER
05DJIBOUTI23FRANCE'S ASIA RELIEF EFFORTS VIA DJIBOUTI
[...] (U) France's Ambassador to Djibouti, Philippe Selz, told Ambassador January 6 that because of Djibouti's location, France would be using resources of its forces based here to assist with France's overall effort to assist tsunami disaster victims in Asia. 2. (U) Selz told Ambassador that the [...]
2005-01-06 13:10:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS XO DJ FR
05DJIBOUTI288DORALE RADIO PROJECT NEARS COMPLETION, CREATES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is an action request, see paragraph 8. The International Board of Broadcasting's three year, $1.2 million renovation of Radio Television Djibouti's Dorale transmitting station is nearing completion. The renovations give RTD expanded broadcasting capability, allowing its sign [...]
2005-03-22 08:50:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS ASEC KPAO DJ BBG
05DJIBOUTI562ETHIOPIAN HELICOPTER CREW ASYLUM REQUEST IN DJIBOUTI
[...] (C) During Ambassador and USLO's 6/9 regular weekly meeting with Commander of French Forces General Michel Arrault, Arrault told Ambassador that he had just received word that an Ethiopian Mi-24 military helicopter with three Ethiopian military personnel had landed earlier that morning in Djib [...]
2005-06-09 14:39:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PGOV ET DJ
05DJIBOUTI568UPDATE ON ETHIOPIAN HELICOPTER CREW ASYLUM REQUEST
[...] (C) Deputy Director of National Security Service, Abdillahi Mohamed Abdillahi, told Embassy officer that the highest ranking official among the helicopter crew that sought asylum in Djibouti 6/9 (see reftel) had been a "general." It is unclear if this individual actually piloted the aircraft. [...]
2005-06-13 15:02:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PGOV ET DJ
05DJIBOUTI59RUMORED CHANGES IN DJIBOUTI'S TOP MILITARY BRASS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sources told the Embassy Political Assistant that significant changes are expected in the country's top military commanders after Djibouti's presidential elections in April 2005. The projected changes include the retirement and replacement of Djibouti,s only two General Officers. [...]
2005-01-13 14:14:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALASEC MARR PGOV PINR PREL MOPS DJ
05DJIBOUTI65TOTAL AND MOBIL TRY TO HOLD LINE ON DORALEH MOVE
[...] (C) Momar Nguer, Total's Director of Refinery and Marketing for East Africa and the Indian Ocean, and boss of Total Djibouti's Chief Executive Francois de Charnace, told Ambassador 1/16 during a de Charnace-hosted dinner, that Total, Mobil and Shell had each received new communication from the [...]
2005-01-18 04:12:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD PGOV MARR MOPS DJ TC
05DUBLIN1255IRELAND UNLIKELY TO ACCEPT GITMO UIGHURS
[...] (S) In a private meeting October 7, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Dermot Gallagher, Secretary General of the DFA. Gallagher frankly told the ambassador that Ireland would not accept GITMO Uighurs because of their bad experience with the Church of the Nativity occupier they had ac [...]
2005-10-12 15:04:00Embassy DublinSECRETMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR
05DUBLIN1372TRIAL OF SHANNON WAR PROTESTERS COLLAPSES FOR
[...] The jury hearing the case of the "Fab 5" was discharged November 7 after legal argument over whether a perception of bias could be made against the judge. Earlier in the trial, the judge had ruled that "legal excuse" would not be acceptable as a defense. He thereby eliminated the defense's be [...]
2005-11-08 16:25:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS EI
05DUBLIN1398FAB FIVE TRIAL RESET; SEVERAL PARLIAMENTARIANS
[...] (U) On November 11, Judge Desmond Hogan reset the trial of five anti-Iraq war protestors accused of damaging a U.S. plane at Shannon Airport (the so-called "Fab Five") for July 5, 2006, at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Hogan stepped in for Judge Donagh McDonagh, who recused himself from [...]
2005-11-15 17:49:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS EI
05DUBLIN1407LETTER FROM FAMILY OF MARGARET HASSAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 16:43:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PTER PINR PHUM PGOV PREL CMGT IZ
05DUBLIN1550GOI HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CALLS FOR INSPECTION
[...] The Irish Human Rights Commission, which is an independent agency of the Irish government created under the Good Friday Agreement, submitted a report to the GOI December 23 calling on the government "as a matter of urgency to seek the agreement of the U.S. authorities to the inspection of air [...]
2005-12-23 14:04:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS PHUM EI
05DUBLIN31BATTLE GROUPS: GOI TO TAKE SLOW APPROACH
[...] (C) Keith McBean, Director of Security Policy at DFA, told POL/ECON Chief January 11 that Defense Minister O'Dea's recent commments to the press on Irish participation in EU battlegroups was not coordinated with other ministries. In an interview over the weekend, O'Dea cited legal and policy [...]
2005-01-12 12:24:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS EU EUN
05DUBLIN42OEF: IRISH OFFER ADVANCED EOD TRAINING IN LIEU OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-13 17:48:00Embassy DublinSECRETMOPS MARR EU
05DUBLIN598IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Post delivered ref A talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. Keown noted that Ireland viewed the China arms embargo in terms of the EU's opportunity to send a major political signal encouraging China to play a constructive [...]
2005-05-20 10:36:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS EUN
05DUBLIN99URGENT ACTION: WITNESSES REQUEST FOR MARCH 7 TRIAL
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See para 3 and 4. 2. (SBU) The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of Ireland has set March 7, 2005 as the new trial date for O'Reilly, Moran and Others charged with criminally damaging US Military Aircraft at Shannon Airport, in Janua [...]
2005-01-27 10:17:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS MARR MOPS EI
05DUSHANBE1733TAJIKISTAN AND USCENTCOM COOPERATE TO DELIVER DISASTER
[...] (U) With airlift support by the U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Air Force, the Government of Tajikistan shipped 25 tons of humanitarian assistance to Pakistan via separate sorties on October 20 and 22. The Tajik contribution included food, medicine, blankets, and clothes. At the request of [...]
2005-10-26 09:10:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID MOPS PK TI
05GENEVA2767DUNANT CENTRE FACILITATING PHILIPPINE-MNLF TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue briefed interested Missions November 2 on its efforts to mediate final implementation of the 1996 peace agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). The effort grew out of concern th [...]
2005-11-10 11:38:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER RP MNLF
05GUATEMALA1191GUATEMALA: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON MILITARY ROLE IN
[...] (C) Summary: Worried about continuing problems with public security, Guatemala has formalized arrangements for police-military cooperation by forming a dedicated unit for this purpose that has a combined police-military staff and leadership. The GOG has explicitly named gangs, organized cri [...]
2005-05-12 13:15:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCRM MOPS SNAR MCAP KJUS ASEC EAID GT
05GUATEMALA162GUATEMALAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WALK OFF JOB
[...] Guatemalan air traffic controllers walked off the job on January 11, shutting down Guatemala's airports for 20 hours. They were protesting the GOG's refusal to renew their employment contracts, which had expired December 31. At least one commercial aircraft landed without tower assistance [...]
2005-01-21 18:47:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAIR ELAB ASEC CASC MOPS SNAR GT FAA
05GUATEMALA1754GUATEMALA NEAR COMPLETION OF DEMINING
[...] Summary: Per reftel request for planning inputs for the Department's FY06 PM/WRA Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) Strategic Plan, post is not submitting such inputs as the Guatemalan Government's HMA plan forecasts a completion of all demining activity in Guatemala by October 2005. The follow [...]
2005-07-20 23:59:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKHDP MOPS MARR PREL GT
05GUATEMALA2658 ECLAC ASSESSMENT OF HURRICANE STAN'S DAMAGE TO GUATEMALA
[...] SUMMARY. An ECLAC study of the impact caused to Guatemala by Tropical Storm Stan estimates the total damage and losses to be just shy of US$1 billion ($983 million) and suggests that while the Storm's impact may have been marginal in macroeconomic terms, the impact was devastating for the tho [...]
2005-11-22 22:50:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR PREF MOPS GT
05GUATEMALA2684 PROPOSAL FOR REBUILDING LIVELIHOODS IN STAN-
[...] SUMMARY. Post requests State and USAID support for a two-year program "Rebuilding Rural Livelihoods in Western Highlands" to respond to U.S. national interests and assist the GOG in the recovery and reconstruction from damages caused by Hurricane Stan. This program responds directly to impo [...]
2005-11-29 17:21:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR PREF MOPS GT
05GUATEMALA391GUATEMALA ON SECURING OAS ACTION TO INVESTIGATE MANPADS TRAFFIC
[...] (SBU) Guatemalan FM Briz reacted very positively to Ambassador's demarche per reftel. Briz said he fully agreed with the urgency of getting the GON to request an OAS technical verification mission. 2. (SBU) To that effect, Briz promised to speak with President Berger later the same day, Fe [...]
2005-02-15 19:54:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS NU GT OAS
05GUATEMALA392GUATEMALA: PKO UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The Guatemalan military continues its preparations for a March 2005 deployment of an Army Kaibil (Special Forces) company to the UN Peacekeeping Operations Mission in the Congo (MONUC). Plans to also deploy a Military Police company for MONUC duty are pending a final UN decisio [...]
2005-02-15 20:46:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PREL MOPS ETTC GT HA CG DA AR CI UN
05GUATEMALA828GUATEMALAN PEACEKEEPERS DEPART FOR CONGO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalan military continue to expand their participation in peacekeeping operations, most recently with 105 Guatemalan peacekeepers joining the MONUC mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Guatemalan Defense Ministry has apparently won an interagency struggle ov [...]
2005-03-31 22:08:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO PREL MOPS PHUM EAID ASEC GT CG UN
05GUAYAQUIL1334PYRAMID SCHEME COLLAPSES, THOUSANDS LOSE LIFE
[...] Summary: The death of Jose Cabrera Roman, a notary in the City of Machala in El Oro province, exposed and precipitated the collapse of a massive pyramid scheme he had run for over a decade. Reports indicate that anywhere from 26,000 to 37,000 people made deposits with Cabrera, reportedly tota [...]
2005-12-02 20:49:00Consulate GuayaquilUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM MOPS PGOV SOCI KCOR KFRD EFIN EC
05HALIFAX92PROPOSED SPACE LAUNCH ALARMS NEWFOUNDLAND GOVERNMENT
[...] CG was called afternoon of April 8 by Robert Thompson, the senior civil servant of the Newfoundland-Labrador government, who expressed the province's concerns about a proposed Titan IV launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Thompson noted that the hazard area of the proposed launch inc [...]
2005-04-08 17:55:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS TSPA CA
05HANOI1143VIETNAM AND CHINA: COMING AROUND WARILY
[...] (C) Summary: After a rocky six months (ref A),China and Vietnam are knitting relations back together. An exchange of leader visits is in the works, the GVN is looking forward to a China-hosted conference on the Mekong and the Chinese Minister of State Security recently visited Vietnam for tal [...]
2005-05-17 08:07:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALCH MOPS PGOV PREL SENV TW VM CVR
05HANOI3236FUNDING FOR PHASE II VIETNAM UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE CURRENT ESTIMATED COST PROJECTION FOR PHASE II OF THE UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE AND LANDMINE IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND TECHNICAL SURVEY IS USD 9.2 MILLION OVER THREE YEARS, WHICH INCLUDES TWENTY MILITARY CLEARANCE TEAMS. THIS TOTAL REPRESENTS A COST EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO OTHER PLAN [...]
2005-12-09 05:21:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT EAID MARR MOPS PREF PREL KHDP VM MAS
05HELSINKI1267CHARGE'S MEETING WITH FINNISH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Vanhanen and Charge reviewed several issues of interest to the U.S. and Finland Nov. 25. Vanhanen raised the issue of an alleged CIA flight through Finland about which the GOF has faced heavy political and press criticism. He also discussed the current presidential [...]
2005-12-08 15:12:00Embassy HelsinkiSECRETPREL PGOV ECON MARR MOPS FI EU
05HELSINKI127ACEH: FINNISH MEDIATOR AHTISAARI PLEASED WITH
[...] (C) Poloff on January 30 spoke with former Finnish President Ahtisaari's special assistant Kristiina Rinkineva. Ahtisaari is the head of Finland's Crisis Management Initiative (CMI),a conflict-resolution think tank, and had agreed to hosting a meeting of GAM and GoI representatives after be [...]
2005-01-31 13:13:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS ASEC ID FI
05HELSINKI185ACEH: FINNISH INTERMEDIARY MORE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (S) DCM Weisberg met with Juha Christensen on February 11 to discuss the Aceh talks in Helsinki. Christensen is the Finnish businessman who facilitated the introduction of former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari as a mediator between the GoI and GAM. Christensen was decidedly more pessim [...]
2005-02-11 14:55:00Embassy HelsinkiSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS ID FI EAID
05HELSINKI228ACEH TALKS: FINNISH MEDIATORS POSITIVE AFTER DAY 2
[...] (C) Poloff spoke with Meri-Maria Jaarva of the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) on the night of February 22. Jaarva is the chief assistant of former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari for the Aceh talks. Jaarva said that there had been an "enormous change" in the demeanor and attitude of [...]
2005-02-23 09:04:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ASEC ID FI
05HELSINKI242ACEH TALKS: CONVERSATION WITH AHTISAARI'S OFFICE
[...] (C) On February 24, POL Chief and UK DCM met with Meeri-Maria Jaarva of former Finnish President Ahtisaari's staff for a more detailed read-out of the second round of the GoI-GAM talks held February 21-23 (Ref A). Jaarva described discussions in each of the agenda items, and said both sides h [...]
2005-02-25 13:22:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ASEC ID FI
05HELSINKI287FINLAND ON SYRIA'S PRESENCE IN LEBANON
[...] (U) In a March 6 interview with local television, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said that withdrawal of Syrian troops to the Biqa' is insufficient. Tuomioja stressed that Syrian troops must move to the Syrian side of the border, and added the following: "It is not a question of a [...]
2005-03-07 14:27:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS SY LE FI
05HELSINKI947DEMARCHE RESPONSE: FINLAND DISINCLINED TO RESETTLE
[...] (C) DCM delivered subject demarche to MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra. Lyra said that the GOF would be disinclined to consider resettlement of any of the Uighurs from Guantanamo to Finland. Finland grants third-country resettlement only to cases referred through the UN H [...]
2005-09-02 11:02:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREF PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PINR FI
05ISLAMABAD15286TFPK01: POLITICAL PARTIES AND MILITANT
[...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's political parties are mobilizing their own relief/recovery operations for victims of the South Asian earthquake. All have promised to send funds, supplies, and teams to the affected areas and several are setting-up independent relief camps. In addition, Kashmiri mil [...]
2005-10-12 09:23:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID MOPS PK
05ISLAMABAD15522PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONE WEEK LATER
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: One week after the October 8 South Asian earthquake, public and private relief operations on the ground are pushing forward. The Government of Pakistan's (GOP) strategic concept of operations for the relief campaign, however, continues to evolve, with the Army' [...]
2005-10-16 05:35:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREL
05ISLAMABAD15950PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: WHAT THE U.S. MUST ACCOMPLISH IN GENEVA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-24 12:34:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREF PREL
05ISLAMABAD16140PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: PARTS SHORTAGE MAY SOON
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: Since October 8, Pakistan's Army Aviation has kept its fleet of heavy-lift MI-17 helicopters in the air flying daily sorties transporting relief supplies to areas devastated the South Asian earthquake. To accomplish this dramatic shift in its mission, reourcef [...]
2005-10-28 01:51:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC EAID MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL
05ISLAMABAD16553PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: A VISIT TO BATTGRAM
[...] (C) Forward Operating Base Mansehra Officer-in-Charge and Econoffs visited Battgram district on November 5. Settlement patterns have complicated relief as damage is spread across mountain villages with low population densities. Interlocutors were concerned for villages in the Allai tehsil, [...]
2005-11-07 13:02:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER ECON PREF ASEC
05ISLAMABAD16577PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: A VISIT TO BATTGRAM
[...] (C) Forward Operating Base Mansehra Officer-in-Charge and Econoffs visited Battgram district on November 5. Settlement patterns have complicated relief as damage is spread across mountain villages with low population densities. Interlocutors were concerned for villages in the Allai tehsil, [...]
2005-11-08 08:00:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER ECON PREF ASEC
05ISLAMABAD16850PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KAGHAN AND ALLAI VALLEYS
[...] Summary: A team from the Embassy's Forward Operating Base in Mansehra (Officer-in-Charge (OIC),USAID/DART Field Officer, U.S. Military Liaison Officer) and representatives of five USAID-funded NGOs visited the Northern Kaghan and Allai Valleys on November 9. In both areas, Pakistan military [...]
2005-11-14 11:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS MOPS ECON PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16875PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AREAS IN MANSEHRA DISTRICT
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Forward Operating Base - Mansehra Officer-in-Charge (OIC) and Emboff accompanied NWFP Parliament minority leader on a November 7 tour of Mansehra tehsil. During the visit, it became clear that relief was not reaching several areas damaged by the October 8 earthquake. R [...]
2005-11-14 12:38:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ASEC AEMR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PK
05JAKARTA9989ACEH: KALLA BRIEFS ENVOYS ON "HIS" PEACE DEAL
[...] (C) The Ambassador and heads of mission from Australia, Finland, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden, and the UK (also representing the EU) called on Vice President Jusuf Kalla on July 22 to receive the GOI's brief on the draft Aceh peace accord. Kalla's presentation echoed that of lead negoti [...]
2005-07-22 11:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ECON KJUS ID
05KATHMANDU1345NEPAL: MAOISTS BACK 7-PARTY APPROACH TO BOYCOTT
[...] (C) Maoist leader Prachanda announced the Maoist's support of the seven party alliance agenda, including the parties' June 18 decision to boycott municipal elections and to not recognize government appointments at the local and district level. Prachanda also said that he had ordered a halt to [...]
2005-06-20 11:39:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PGOV MOPS NP
05KATHMANDU2407MAOISTS MENACE RURAL NEPAL
[...] (C) Taking advantage of the Maoist unilateral cease-fire, the Ambassador traveled to Lumbini Zone in western Nepal October 24 and 25 to discuss the current situation with local government officials, human rights activists, political party leaders and journalists. All told the Ambassador of the [...]
2005-11-08 06:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS PTER MOPS NP
05KATHMANDU2595 MAOIST LEADER NEGATIVE ON EXTENDING CEASE-FIRE
[...] (SBU) In a November 24 interview published on the official Maoist website and a November 27 interview with BBC's Nepali Service, Maoist leader Prachanda explained the benefits of the Parties-Maoist understanding (reftel). Prachanda called the understanding an agreement that was the "preliminar [...]
2005-11-28 08:47:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS MOPS NP
05KATHMANDU2783 DOMINANT MAOIST PRESENCE IN FAR WEST DISTRICT OF
[...] (C) During a December 5-9 World Food Program (WFP)-organized trip including the Norwegian Ambassador, the mission head for Britain's Dept. for International Development (DFID),a representative of the Technical Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Germany (GTZ),and the Embassy's P/E Chief t [...]
2005-12-12 11:05:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID MOPS NP
05KATHMANDU2827 PARTY CLOSURE OF KATHMANDU VALLEY WIDELY
[...] (C) Students and the seven political parties' cadre enforced the seven-party-alliance-called December 16 bandh (closure) of Kathmandu Valley to protest the December 14 indiscriminate killing of civilians by a Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) soldier in Nagarkot (reftel). Emboffs observed that most s [...]
2005-12-16 10:28:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CASC NP
05KINGSTON2551JAMAICA AGREES TO CNIES
[...] On September 28, post received an affirmative response to its Dipnote requesting the GOJ agree to the conditions stated in the Cooperating Nation Information Exchange System (CNIES). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Dipnote states in part that it "has the further honour to [...]
2005-11-15 20:47:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MOPS PREL JM EARI
05KINSHASA106GREAT LAKES PEACE PROCESS - TRIPARTITE MEETING
[...] (SBU) Ambassador-at-Large Andre Kaponga told DCM on January 20 the DRC delegation to the February 2 Tripartite will "probably" be headed by Minister of Regional Cooperation Mbusa Nyamwisi. (Note: Foreign Minister Ramazani told the Ambassador on January 18 that he would not be able to attend s [...]
2005-01-21 14:49:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1072ITURI MILITIAS REPORTEDLY OBTAINING ARMS AND
[...] (C) Summary. Monuc and NGO officials in Ituri have received credible reports of increased support for Ituri militias from Ugandan businessmen and military officers in the form of arms shipments, training, and efforts to build a coalition of militias. Monuc officials point to recent meetings in [...]
2005-06-29 14:57:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PHUM PREL MOPS UG CG
05KINSHASA1078THE CURRENT FDLR SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary: There has been substantial recent discussion in Kinshasa regarding the remaining FDLR presence in eastern DRC. All parties concede that, while worthwhile, the GDRC/Sant, Egidio initiative to promote FDLR repatriation to Rwanda is stalled. Problems focus on the lack of FDLR "lea [...]
2005-07-01 10:09:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO RW CG UN
05KINSHASA1099MONUC OPERATION SENDS SIGNAL TO FDLR
[...] (C) On July 4 MONUC launched operation "Falcon Sweep" in the territories of Walungu and Karambe (located about 10km east and 50 km south east of Bukavu, South Kivu). The small (about 80-man) mission is designed primarily to determine the locations of FDLR elements, particularly concentrations [...]
2005-07-07 09:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PREL MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1203MONUC OPERATIONS AGAINST FDLR A SUCCESS---WITHIN
[...] (C) Summary: During MONUC's weekly diplomatic meeting July 20, MONUC Military Chief of Staff General Jean Francois D'Escury discussed MONUC's initiatives to address the FDLR problem, particularly in South Kivu. D'Escury stated that MONUC's recent military operations had been a success, express [...]
2005-07-25 15:05:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PREL MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1220CURRENT MONUC OPERATIONS IN SOUTH KIVU PROVINCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and other members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) toured MONUC operational areas in South Kivu and were extensively briefed by the Pakistani brigade July 22 - 23. MONUC has launched an aggressive series of operations in the provinc [...]
2005-07-26 14:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS CG UN
05KINSHASA1455EU SECURITY MISSION REFORM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-09 10:10:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EU CG
05KINSHASA1783ITURI UPDATE: OPERATIONS AGAINST MILITIAS "BEARING
[...] (C) Summary. Recent joint operations by MONUC and Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) against militia groups in the Ituri district have seen promising results, according to MONUC officials. Nearly 1,000 militia members have turned themselves in during the past month and mo [...]
2005-10-26 16:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1784FARDC: LRA FORCES BELIEVED NO LONGER IN DRC;
[...] (C) MONUC Political Officer Oleg Sepelev briefed PolOff October 26 regarding the presence of Lord's Resistance Army forces in the DRC, as well as recent reactions by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and Ugandan People's Defense Forces (UPDF) to the LRA's activities. [...]
2005-10-26 16:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1798PRESIDENCY ALARMED BY EUROPEAN REPORTS OF UGANDAN
[...] (C) The Ambassador was called to the Presidency Friday afternoon, October 28. Upon arrival, President Kabila was in another meeting, but Chief of Staff She Okitundu received the Ambassador to relay Kabila,s message. The gist was that "Europeans" had provided reports to the Presidency which c [...]
2005-10-28 11:26:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS UG CG
05KINSHASA1815PRESIDENCY COUNSELOR ON EAST SITUATION
[...] (C) I met one-on-one with Presidency Ambassador at Large Antoine Ghonda on Friday October 28 to review events subsequent to the recent Tripartite Plus meeting in Kampala. Regarding the situation in the east, Ghonda expressed some dismay about the apparent lack of USG understanding over GDRC se [...]
2005-11-01 12:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1831NORTH KIVU 5TH BRIGADE OPERATIONS: A STEP FORWARD
[...] (C) Reftel reported a new military operation launched October 31 in North Kivu province in the area in and around Virunga Park, primarily targeting rebellious Mai Mai units and Rwandan FDLR. The operation is significant in that it represents the first involving a FARDC integrated brigade in e [...]
2005-11-03 14:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1854MONUC DIVISIONAL COMMANDER COMMENTS ON NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Ambassador hosted for lunch on Saturday, November 5 MONUC,s eastern division commander, MG Patrick Cammaert. The Ambassador asked for Cammaert,s observations regarding the recently-launched FARDC/MONUC operation in North Kivu province targeting FDLR and Mai Mai elements in the Virunga area [...]
2005-11-08 10:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
05KINSHASA2059NKUNDA'S PRESENCE IN NORTH KIVU PROVINCE
[...] (C) Following CODEL Brownback,s visit to eastern DRC, the Ambassador traveled Dec. 3 with the MONUC North Kivu Indian Brigade commander to a small forward operating base at Katchanga in the Masisi area of North Kivu. Indian military commanders told the Ambassador the base had been established [...]
2005-12-20 09:59:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
05KINSHASA2060RENEWED BANYAMULENGE TENSIONS
[...] (C) There is a renewed threat of clashes in the High Plateau region of South Kivu province. The problem arises from a new source: tensions within the High Plateau Banyamulenge community. The proximate cause was the return of the "Group of 47," former Banyamulenge combatants who had reportedl [...]
2005-12-20 10:01:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA2102FARDC ENGAGES HEAVILY ARMED MILITIAS IN ITURI
[...] (C) The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC),with air and other logistical support from MONUC troops, launched Operation Eden December 21 against militia elements in the northeastern Ituri District. MONUC sources report operations are being directed against the Congolese R [...]
2005-12-27 16:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG UG
05KINSHASA2110ITURI: POSSIBLE UGANDAN SUPPORT TO MILITIAS; KARIM
[...] (C) MONUC military commanders told PolOff December 28 that a truck captured by the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) during operations in Nioka (reftel A) belongs to the Ugandan military. MONUC officials said the truck, which was being driven by three Ugandan civilians (later arrested),bore the [...]
2005-12-29 10:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG UG
05KINSHASA339CIAT STATEMENT ON ITURI KILLINGS
[...] (U) Ambassadors comprising the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) issued a public statement February 28 strongly condemning the killing of nine Bangladeshi peacekeepers in Ituri by militiamen on February 25. Copies of the communique were given to President Kabila and t [...]
2005-02-28 16:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPKO PHUM PREL MOPS CG CIAT
05KINSHASA404ITURI CALM IN WAKE OF MONUC ACTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The site of a recent MONUC military operation in Ituri is now calm and people are returning to their homes, according to NGO sources who visited the area March 5-7. Several international NGOs and UNICEF also resumed providing humanitarian assistance to internally-displaced peopl [...]
2005-03-08 15:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL CG
05KINSHASA410U.N. BRIEFS ON ITURI SITUATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: U.N. officials briefed Kinshasa-based diplomats and humanitarian workers on March 8 about the current situation in Ituri. They stressed the need for the GDRC to adopt a clear position towards Ituri militias and to address the dire humanitarian situation they have caused. End Summa [...]
2005-03-09 16:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL CG
05KINSHASA551GUATEMALAN PEACEKEEPERS DEPLOY TO KISANGANI
[...] (C) Summary. MONUC deployed a contingent of 105 Guatemalan special forces trained in counter-insurgency to Kisangani March 29 to serve as a highly mobile unit for crisis situations around the country. End Summary. 2. (C) A MONUC military source in Kisangani told poloff that a contingent of [...]
2005-04-01 11:07:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MARR MOPS CG
05KINSHASA646THE WAY FORWARD ON FDLR REPATRIATION
[...] (C) Embassy Kinshasa shares view expressed ref a that it would be a tragedy to miss the opportunity provided by the Sant' Egidio process to energize the voluntary return of a large number of non-genocidaire FDLR elements and their dependents. This initiative offers the best chance in over te [...]
2005-04-15 11:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO KAWC CG
05KUWAIT1061KUWAIT HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS CENTER SCHEDULED TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Lieutenant General Ali Al-Mumin (ret),Chief of the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC),at the HOC's facilities on March 13, 2005. Al-Mumin described the accomplishments made by the HOC over the past two years, the disbursement of $5 million USD that Kuwait h [...]
2005-03-15 10:12:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MOPS PREL KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT1120KUWAIT HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS CENTER STAVES OFF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-19 13:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU IZ EAID MOPS PREL
05KUWAIT1160FUEL PAYMENT NEGOTIATIONS HIT THE PRESS
[...] (C) Summary. Kuwait's daily newspapers have run front-page stories purporting to provide the inside scoop on an allegedly acrimonious disagreement between USG and Kuwait regarding purchase of OIF fuel. The press assert that Kuwait's request for payment of $500 million for post-war fuel deli [...]
2005-03-21 15:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ
05KUWAIT1309CHARGES AGAINST MILITARY OFFICER TERROR SUSPECTS
[...] (U) Reportedly citing the absence of a crime, Kuwaiti Public Prosecutors on March 29 dropped charges against two former active-duty Kuwait Army soldiers who were detained on January 3 for allegedly plotting attacks against U.S. military assets in Kuwait. The pair, released on bail in mid-Febr [...]
2005-03-30 14:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL MOPS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2464KUWAITI PAPER REPORTS DEAL ON OIF JET FUEL
[...] (U) On June 5, local Arabic daily newspaper Al-Qabas ran a short, front-page piece saying that Kuwait has agreed to supply the U.S. with reduced-price jet fuel for operations in Iraq (full text in para 2). Under the terms of the deal, the story said, Kuwait would provide jet fuel for $24/ton [...]
2005-06-05 12:09:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMOPS EPET PREL EAID MARR PGOV IZ KU
05KUWAIT2911KUWAIT AGREES TO CROSS-CHECK SPEICHER DNA SAMPLE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) The GOK's National Committee for Missing and POW Affairs (NCMPA) has formally agreed to cross-check a partial DNA sample of CAPT Michael Scott Speicher from the U.S. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) and invites a DNA specialist to Ku [...]
2005-06-29 09:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PGOV KU IZ
05KUWAIT3037CFLCC/MOI SIGN BORDER MOU
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 4, CFLCC and GOK Ministry of the Interior signed a memorandum of understanding that outlines the terms of use for the Coalition Crossing point on the Kuwait/Iraq border. This agreement entrusts the U.S. military with significant responsibility for control of one of the [...]
2005-07-06 13:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN KTIA MARR MOPS PBTS PGOV KU IZ
05KUWAIT3241PARLIAMENTARY INVESTIGATION OF KBR CONTRACT FINDS
[...] July 21 newspapers reported that the parliamentary committee investigating suspected irregularities in humanitarian fuel sales to the U.S. Army in Iraq in 2003 (reftel) has recommended that Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Al-Fahed Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and other top oil executives "be held responsib [...]
2005-07-23 11:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET MOPS KU IZ
05KUWAIT3331KUWAITIS FEAR IRANIAN HAND IN JULY 25 BORDER
[...] (S) Summary: Tensions persist at the Iraq/Kuwait border crossing near Umm Qasr with two RPG rounds fired at the Kuwait side the night of July 26 and Kuwaiti police returning fire. While the disturbances seems to be the result of local actions, GOK officials privately express concern that Iran [...]
2005-07-27 16:00:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPBTS PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN
05KUWAIT3562NAVY MEDIA TRIP EARNS POSITIVE COVERAGE FOR
[...] SUMMARY: A three-day trip to two Coalition ships and an Iraqi oil platform by a team of Kuwaiti reporters earned three days of positive media coverage for Coalition maritime security operations in the Northern Arabian Gulf. Of particular value to post PA efforts were sidebar stories on the coo [...]
2005-08-09 14:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PGOV KPAO PHUM KDEM KU
05KUWAIT3641CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: MFA BRIEFED ON U.S
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-14 13:38:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MASS MOPS PREL KU PROG
05KUWAIT3868KPC CEO ON OIF FUEL, REFINING CAPACITY, AND OIL
[...] (C) Summary: During an August 28 meeting with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO Hani Hussain, the Ambassador thanked KPC for its support for OIF, and noted that the U.S. military is currently receiving about 800,000 gallons of jet fuel per day from KPC but actually needs 1.1 million gpd. [...]
2005-08-29 09:42:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EPET MOPS KU IZ OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT3943KUWAITI ENERGY MINISTER ON OPEC INTENTIONS,
[...] (C) Ambassador spoke to Kuwaiti Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Sabah on 5 September. Most of the conversation was about ideas on implementing the generous Kuwaiti donation for hurricane relief (see septel),but Ambassador took the opportunity to solicit Shaykh Ahmed's views on the [...]
2005-09-05 13:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EPET MOPS KU IZ
05KUWAIT4424GOK APPROVES NATO REQUEST FOR TANK SHIPMENTS,
[...] (C) During a meeting with the Ambassador on October 15,Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah agreed to a NATO request to accept Iraq-bound T-72 tanks at a Kuwait port but registered strong GOK concern about the substance and optics of the shipment. "We will give approval, but [...]
2005-10-15 15:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU NATO
05KUWAIT4532KUWAITIS HOPEFUL FOR DEATH PENALTY AS SADDAM'S
[...] (SBU) Summary. Kuwaiti newspapers, television and radio stations gave front-page, first-item coverage to the start of Saddam Hussein's trial in Iraq. Kuwaitis interviewed called for the death penalty and said that Saddam and his cohorts had "too much" to answer for during the 1990-1991 Iraqi [...]
2005-10-22 13:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PINS IZ KU
05KUWAIT5281FORCE ADJUSTMENT IN IRAQ: "FOLLOW-UP" INFORMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-28 09:17:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU
05KUWAIT5299HOC CHIEF / UNOFFICIAL KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: Lt General Ali Hassan Al-Mu'min, former Kuwaiti military Chief of Staff, current head of the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC) and the GOK's unannounced choice for Ambassador to Iraq (reftel),told the DCM during a December 28 meeting that Kuwait will not "make the first move" [...]
2005-12-31 10:12:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL OFDP PINR MOPS PHUM IZ KU
05KUWAIT539FM SAYS MOD SHOULD ADDRESS FUEL; PROMISES AID FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed encouraged that a timeline be established for resolving the fuel issue. He reported that members of Parliament were expressing interest in what that the GOK was providing and that a plan could help to [...]
2005-02-07 14:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM EAID PTER PREL PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM KU
05KUWAIT540ENERGY MINISTER SAYS OIF/AIK FUEL ISSUE IS IN
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met on 7 February 2005 with Minister of Energy regarding a variety of issues, including on-going negotiations for fuel used by coalition forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and as assistance in kind (AIK) for Kuwait-specific activities under the Defense Cooperation [...]
2005-02-07 15:53:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ
05KUWAIT762MFA REPLIES TO 15 FEBRUARY SECDEF LETTER ON
[...] (C) Summary. While protesting the tone of the recent SecDef letter to MinDef on OIF fuel, MFA told us on February 20 that the GOK will send an interagency team to Washington in March to resolve the fuel issue and "all other issues" related to Kuwaiti support for OIF. MFA made an "official o [...]
2005-02-20 14:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ
05LAGOS1163CHEVRON'S SECURITY STRATEGY IN DELTA STATE
[...] (U) Summary. Months after successfully containing an invasion of its facilities in Escravos, Delta State, Chevron Texaco (CT) characterized the relative quiet in the Niger Delta region as "the calm before the storm." CT has registered some small successes in the region, including involvi [...]
2005-07-20 16:54:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS171COMMUNITY STORMS CHEVRON ESCRAVOS FACILITY
[...] (C) Chevron Texaco (CT) confirmed the storming and occupation of its Escravos facility by Itsekiri villagers from the Okurogo community, for several hours on 4 February. GON security forces re-gained control of the facility by late in the day. No AMCITs or third country nationals were injur [...]
2005-02-07 11:11:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS19SHELL, CHEVRON RE-STARTING PRODUCTION IN KULA AREA
[...] Shell External Relations Director Don Boham confirmed to us on 5 January that Shell has reached an accord with the community in the Kula area to allow about 114,00 barrels/day of oil production, halted in early December 2004, to re- start. Shell remains in negotiations with the community con [...]
2005-01-06 15:13:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEPET EINV CASC MOPS NI
05LAGOS433CHEVRON LOOKS TO ETHNIC COUNCIL MODEL FOR DELTA
[...] (C) Chevron Texaco is moving away from the 'host community' paradigm for implementing its community relations and development programs in the Delta region, and instead is embracing state-level 'ethnic councils.' These councils would disburse Chevron community development funds, and be respo [...]
2005-03-18 06:16:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS434LNG UPDATE ON NIGERIA: CHEVRON, EXXON, ANNOUNCE
[...] (SBU) This cable provides an overview of two new proposals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Nigeria, as well as a status report on the expansion of an existing plant. In January Chevron Texaco (Chevron) announced a feasibility study on a potential 10 million metric ton liquefied [...]
2005-03-18 06:17:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS494NIGERIA:AMCITS HELD ON VESSELS AS STRIKE MOVES
[...] (C) Tidex, an American maritime firm, is involved in a labor dispute with two oil unions. Union members have taken control of twenty-two vessels in Rivers, Delta, and Bayelsa states. Seventeen American citizens and approximately 45-50 expatriates in total are affected by the labor action. [...]
2005-03-31 17:45:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS502TIDEX STRIKE CONTINUES; MISSION RAMPS UP EFFORTS
[...] (C) Striking Tidex employees continue to prevent Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members (approximately 45-50 expatriates),including thirteen AMCITs, from leaving the ports of Onne, Escravos and Brass. Tidex now states thirteen, not seventeen AMCITs, are aboard the detained vessels. T [...]
2005-04-01 21:28:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS503TIDEX STRIKE CONTINUES; TENSIONS INCREASE, BUT
[...] (C) Striking Tidex employees continue to prevent Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members, including thirteen AMCITs, from leaving the ports of Onne, Escravos and Brass. The attempt by a Cameroonian-crewed ship to depart Onne on 1 April appears to have increased tensions. Strikers made t [...]
2005-04-02 16:47:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS509TIDEX STRIKE CONTINUES - THREE AMCITS RETURN TO
[...] (C) Striking employees continue to prevent Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members from leaving the ports of Onne, Escravos and Brass. However, the crews of two of the four vessels in Escravos returned to work. Three AMCITs were included in the two crews; ten AMCITs are still detained. [...]
2005-04-04 18:55:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS521TIDEX MANAGEMENT IN ABUJA TO WORK ON RESOLVING
[...] (C) Striking employees continue to hold Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members at Onne, Escravos and Brass ports. Ten Americans are detained in Onne. Management from Tidex and U.S. parent company Tidewater are meeting in Abuja with GON officials. Tidex management reports no substantiv [...]
2005-04-06 16:48:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LAGOS531AMCITS RELEASED IN TIDEX STRIKE; STRIKE CONTINUES,
[...] (C) Tidex reported all expatriates, including ten AMCITs, have safely left the vessels in Onne and Escravos ports. GON intervention with national union leadership seems have played a role convincing the strikers to allow the expatriates off the vessels. The strikers still control approximat [...]
2005-04-07 18:16:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
05LIMA3575PERU SIGNS ON TO CNIES
[...] On August 17, the Peruvian Ministry of External Affairs returned a diplomatic note to the Embassy signing on to the CNIES agreement. Final texts and diplomatic note will be e-mailed and pouched separately. The agreement provides for a regime of common rules for sorting and identifying suspec [...]
2005-08-18 14:15:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL SNAR PE
05LIMA4654FOREIGN MINISTER RAISES ISSUE OF CONSULAR SERVICES
[...] (U) Action Request in paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua, during a 10/28 breakfast hosted by the Ambassador, said that during his attendance at Congress the previous day, many legislators had approached him with concerns over how the Foreign Ministry intends to safegua [...]
2005-10-28 21:17:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PE
05LIMA4821PERU PLANS ON SEEKING REVISION OF INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) Action Request in paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Peru is moving forward on signing and ratifying the International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries, and plans to submit a report to the UN Secretary General that will recommend revising the [...]
2005-11-14 12:38:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PARM MOPS PE
05LIMA5446ANNOUNCMENT OF FORCE ADJUSTMENT IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-27 22:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ PE
05LJUBLJANA330SLOVENIA VIEWS ON MAY 23 GAERC
[...] Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points to Peter Grk of the MFA's Office for European Integration and Ales Balut of the Western Balkans Department on May 17. Slovenia's position on ESDP has not changed since our last discussion and Grk expressed the GoS' sincere desire, as a small coun [...]
2005-05-18 08:58:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MOPS SI
05LJUBLJANA882OSCE: U/S BURNS BILATERAL MEETING WITH CIO
[...] (U) Summary. Meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial, U/S Burns and Slovene Foreign Minister and Chairman in Office of the OSCE Dimitrij Rupel discussed Slovenia's cooperation in and contribution to international peacekeeping missions; the Government of Slovenia's (GOS) recent politi [...]
2005-12-27 07:12:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SI
05LONDON793FUTURE OF IRAQ COALITION
[...] (S) We delivered reftel points on January 28 to FCO Iraq Policy Unit DepDir for PolMil Gerard Russell. Russell was grateful for the points and exceptionally complimentary of their attention to other coalition partners. The points should help to reassure various countries that USG and HMG off [...]
2005-01-28 12:17:00Embassy LondonSECRETMARR PREL MOPS UNSC IZ UK
05MADRID1141SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO
[...] (C) Your visit to Madrid comes after a difficult year in our bilateral relationship but also at a time when we are gradually moving relations to a more positive track. The Madrid train bombings in March 2004 came as a terrible shock to a country that felt it was accustomed to dealing with terrorism [...]
2005-03-23 16:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS ECON IZ SP NATO
05MADRID1477SPANISH CONGRESS' FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIR
[...] (C) Rafael Estrella, Socialist spokesperson on Congress's Foreign Affairs Committee (committee chairman equivalent) told us that he believes relations have "completely normalized" between the U.S. and Spain. According to Estrella, Spain's engagement with Venezuela should not pose an obstacle [...]
2005-04-15 15:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS SP NATO
05MADRID1604SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER: VENEZUELA DEAL DESIGNED
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Charge April 22, Minister of Defense Jose Bono said the only reason Spain was selling military ships to Venezuela was to help troubled Izar shipyard. Protesting Izar workers had put a lot of pressure on the Zapatero government, said Bono. He assured Charge that none o [...]
2005-04-26 06:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS SP
05MADRID1626SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S
[...] (C) The Zapatero government believes it has taken significant steps to put relations with the U.S. back on track, such as agreeing to lead both a PRT and an FSB in western Afghanistan. Military-to-military relations between Spain and the U.S. have remained strong over the past 14 months despite the [...]
2005-04-27 06:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP
05MADRID1891SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 EU FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed the China Arms Embargo, European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP),and Sudan with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on May 17. Fernandez-Arias does not expect the China Arms Embargo [...]
2005-05-18 10:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALCH PREL SU MARR MOPS SP EUN
05MADRID2353SPAIN'S DEVELOPMENT AGENCY STILL CONSIDERING
[...] This is an action message. USAID, Please see paragraph 3. 2. Econoff met June 17 with Deputy Director for Africa and Asia Cristina Diaz Fernandez-Gil at Spain's Development Agency (AECI) to discuss AECI's planning for the Spanish Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) at Qal-i-now. Diaz said [...]
2005-06-17 14:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV MOPS AF SP NATO
05MADRID703SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER TELEPHONES CHARGE ON
[...] (C) Minister of Defense Jose Bono telephoned Charge February 22 to explain Spain's decision to sell military and civilian ships to Venezuela. Saying he wished to follow up with Charge after Bono's appearance before Congress's defense commission a day earlier (during which the Defense Minister answe [...]
2005-02-24 13:00:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PTER SP
05MANAMA1468BAHRAIN: REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-11 09:07:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPTER MOPS PREL KAWC BA
05MANAMA186BAHRAIN: AGREEMENT ON CHALLENGE INSPECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-09 08:41:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MASS MOPS BA
05MANAMA193SCENESETTER FOR COMBATANT COMMANDER CENTRAL COMMAND,
[...] (S) General Abizaid, we look forward to your visit to Bahrain. We have asked for a call on the Crown Prince and Commander in Chief of Bahrain Defence Force, Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Minister of Defense, General Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. We also expect you will have t [...]
2005-01-27 16:30:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PGOV ASEC PTER KDEM BA IZ
05MANAMA251GENERAL ABIZAID DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, TERRORISM
[...] (C) CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid discussed with Crown Prince Salman and Defense Minister Shaikh Khalifa in separate meetings February 16 the situation in Iraq following the elections; Iran and its nuclear program; Lebanon and Syria; the threat of terrorism in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Ku [...]
2005-02-23 15:27:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL ASEC PTER BA IZ IR LE SY
05MANAMA824BAHRAIN: DELIVERY OF USG RESPONSES ON PROPOSED
[...] (C) Pol/Econ chief June 8 delivered reftel demarche on negotiating a Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) host country agreement (HCA) on challenge inspections to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho said that he was willing to explore the possibility of [...]
2005-06-11 07:02:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MASS MOPS KTIA BA
05MANILA1056FURTHER PROGRESS IN COUNTERTERRORISM SCENARIO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The second in a series of USG-GRP staff talks on the development of counterterrorism cooperation scenarios produced progress, with a notable "climate change" on the RP side in the wake of the February 14 terrorist bombings in Manila and Mindanao. The two sides reached consensus [...]
2005-03-07 06:46:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PTER RP
05MANILA1257ROMULO'S CHINA TRIP FIXES DATES FOR PRESIDENT HU
[...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs China Director Maria Theresa Almojuela, the main purpose of Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo,s February 28-March 2 visit to SIPDIS China was to fix the timing for President Hu Jintao,s state visit to the Philippines, which is now set for April [...]
2005-03-17 08:23:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS CH RP
05MANILA1258RP-JAPAN POLITICAL SECURITY TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The first-ever Philippine-Japanese political security talks allowed both sides to exchange views on China, North Korea, terrorism, and other issues. While few concrete results emerged from the one-day discussions, they did establish the framework for a continuing and developing [...]
2005-03-17 08:43:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS JA RP
05MANILA1348THIRD COUNTERTERRORISM STAFF TALKS SET STAGE FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The third in a series of counterterrorism scenario staff talks clarified the parameters of possible enhanced US-Philippine cooperation, setting the stage for a tentatively scheduled flag officer-level seminar in May that will examine the key issues for key decision makers, especi [...]
2005-03-23 07:17:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PTER RP
05MANILA1594ADMIRAL FALLON'S VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Arroyo told Admiral Fallon during his March 28-30 visit she intends to move Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) headquarters to Pagadian in order to take the fight closer to Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorists. National Defense Secretary Cruz's focus on [...]
2005-04-06 07:35:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PTER PINS PREL RP
05MANILA1716BUILDING A BRIDGE ON TAWI-TAWI
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy believes the number one USPACOM FY05/FY06 humanitarian assistance objective in the Philippines should be the Tawi-Tawi bridge project. The project will have a strategic impact on the "rat-line" terrorists use to enter and leave the Philippines. Although much smaller in [...]
2005-04-14 05:49:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER MOPS MARR PREL PINS EAID RP
05MANILA1773AFP NARROWLY MISSES JI/ASG TERRORIST TARGETS
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Light reaction companies of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) narrowly missed capturing the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist Dulmatin and senior Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leaders Khaddafy Janjalani and Abu Solaiman during a tightly compartmented April 15-16 raid on the terrori [...]
2005-04-18 08:59:00Embassy ManilaSECRETMOPS PTER MASS PREL PINS RP
05MANILA1847BUILDING MOMENTUM BEHIND REWARDS FOR JUSTICE
[...] (U) Action request: To build momentum behind the Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program in the Philippines (as recommended in ref a),we urge the inter-agency committee led by DS to publicize specific payout amounts and to adopt an expedited rewards approval process for the capture of the followin [...]
2005-04-22 06:13:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MOPS PREL PINS ID RP
05MANILA1955JOLO LOCALS WELCOME US ATTENTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador's April 22 visit to Jolo Town, the capital of Sulu Province, centered on handover ceremonies for several USAID-funded assistance programs including road projects, village electrification, and Internet-linked computers for an elementary school. USAID Manila Mission [...]
2005-04-29 08:53:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PTER KISL PGOV PHUM PINS PREL MOPS RP
05MANILA1960PDR SHIFTING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Under the personal direction of Defense Secretary Cruz, Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) is moving to SIPDIS the implementation phase. The GRP has requested three additional US experts to complement the nine already in place to carry out an ambitious, but well thought through [...]
2005-04-29 09:39:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PINS MG ID AS RP
05MANILA2172ENLISTED OAKWOOD MUTINEERS COP A PLEA
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 11, an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) military tribunal accepted a plea bargain for about 190 enlisted men who participated in the failed July 2003 "Oakwood" mutiny. They will return to active duty status but with demotions and loss of pay. They will likely be [...]
2005-05-12 08:14:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAADP ASEC MOPS PGOV PINR PREL RP PINS PTER
05MANILA2335DEFENSE SECRETARY MAKES STRONG PUBLIC CASE FOR PDR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech at the prestigious Manila Overseas Press Club, Secretary of National Defense Cruz made a strong public pitch for Philippine Defense Reform (PDR),saying it would allow the Philippines to defeat the multiple insurgencies and terrorist threats facing the country. [...]
2005-05-20 08:05:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PINS PTER CH RP
05MANILA2559MILF CONSULTATION: A FRESH MANDATE AND OPTIMISTIC
[...] (SBU) The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) held a three-day public consultation on the outskirts of Cotabato City May 29-31 to renew its negotiating mandate before heading into the next round of peace talks with the GRP. GRP officials describe the event as "the largest show of mass appro [...]
2005-06-01 07:13:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER PREL MOPS MY LY RP
05MANILA2590STAYING ENGAGED WITH COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. US counterterrorism assistance, ranging from operations/intelligence fusion support for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to RMAS' involvement with the Philippine National Police (PNP),has helped the Philippines register some counterterrorism successes in 2004 and 2005. [...]
2005-06-03 04:24:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PINS ASEC MOPS PINR RP
05MANILA2691DEFENSE SECRETARY WILLING TO TACKLE TOUGH POLICY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Secretary of National Defense Cruz appears ready to explore three key policy questions in the US-RP defense relationship: combined rules of engagement; a legal framework for counterterrorism cooperation; and cooperative security locations. In doing so, his emphasis seems to be o [...]
2005-06-10 04:35:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MCAP PREL PTER RP
05MANILA2731PHILIPPINE POLITICS: ONE WEEKEND AT A TIME...
[...] (C) Summary: President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo survived the Independence Day weekend despite protests and calls for her ouster by members of the opposition. Privately, high-level Administration officials thanked the Charge for the USG's role in calming the waters; Charge reiterated that our [...]
2005-06-14 08:35:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL PINR MOPS RP
05MANILA281GRP AND MILF EXPECT TALKS SOON, WILL COOPERATE ON
[...] (C) GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) sources confirmed both sides are ready for another round of talks tentatively slated for the first week of February. The sides are prepared to discuss the nettlesome ancestral domain issue. The cease-fire remains strong despite the January 9 [...]
2005-01-19 08:57:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER PREL MOPS MY RP
05MANILA2840LEFTISTS JOIN OPPOSITION MOVES AGAINST ARROYO
[...] (C) Summary: Leftist groups, most of which are aligned with the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA),appear to be lining up with mainstream opposition elements in efforts to unseat President Arroyo. Leftist groups, which have the ability to turn out protesters, are [...]
2005-06-22 05:14:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS MOPS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA286AFP/DND TALKS PRODUCE PROGRESS ON COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. USPACOM's January 12-14 working level meetings with Department of National Defense (DND) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) counterparts succeeded in developing a range of enhanced US-GRP counterterrorism scenarios that should set the stage for further in-depth discussion [...]
2005-01-19 09:25:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PTER PINS RP
05MANILA2889MILF COVERTLY MOVING AGAINST HIGH VALUE TERRORIST
[...] (S/NF) Moro Islamic Liberation Front-Ad Hoc Joint Action Group (MILF-AHJAG) official (and International Visitor Leadership Program nominee) Mike Pasigan (strictly protect) told poloff June 24 that the MILF is covertly mobilizing its forces in a "non-combat" effort to locate (and hopefully cap [...]
2005-06-24 07:46:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS PREL MOPS ID RP
05MANILA3154"MAKE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE"
[...] (C) Summary: The chorus has grown for President Arroyo to step down. Former president Corazon Aquino held a press conference late July 8 and called on President Arroyo "to make the supreme sacrifice" and resign. Several members of her former cabinet also called for her resignation on July 8 [...]
2005-07-08 09:55:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL KPAO MOPS RP
05MANILA3771AFP RECOVERS/SEEKS TO IDENTIFY TERRORIST REMAINS
[...] (S/NF) Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) units recovered on August 11 in the vicinity of Datu Odin, Sinsuat in the Mindanao province of Maguindanao the remains of a terrorist killed in an engagement a month earlier with AFP troops tracking Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leader Khadaffy Janjalani. [...]
2005-08-16 06:09:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER MOPS MARR PREL PINS PINR ID RP
05MANILA3790GENERAL GENEROSA SENGA ASSUMES COMMAND OF ARMED
[...] (SBU) Summary. Lieutenant General Generosa Senga assumed command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from retiring General Efren Abu in an August 15 change of command ceremony. Senga has a reputation as a combat commander. A classmate of Abu's, he is expected to continue many of his pred [...]
2005-08-17 08:56:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PINR PTER RP
05MANILA3843GRP-MILF OPTIMISTIC ON TALKS, MALAYSIAN MONITORS,
[...] (C) Summary. The GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) maintain their readiness to resume exploratory talks, although GRP officials indicate Malaysian facilitators remain concerned about distractions stemming from the still unresolved political situation in Manila. Both parties appre [...]
2005-08-19 09:05:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS PINS KISL MY RP
05MANILA3846DEFENSE SECRETARY CRUZ DETAILS PLANS TO IMPROVE
[...] (C) Summary. Defense Secretary Cruz's multi-faceted reform agenda includes establishing new budget and procurement procedures, buying counterinsurgency equipment, revamping training, and restructuring Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) intelligence services. The GRP hopes an eventual pe [...]
2005-08-19 09:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR MCAP PREL PTER PINS RP
05MANILA4223MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ARROYO
[...] (C) Summary. According to President Arroyo, the GRP would still like to help with Hurricane Katrina and views our bilateral relationship as strong. GRP positions on UN reform are almost identical with the US. The GRP will continue cooperation with the US on terrorism, including terrorist [...]
2005-09-07 09:59:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS EAID ECON RP UNSC
05MANILA4225ESG-1 INTERVENTION ON TAWI TAWI: A TEMPLATE FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The August 9-10 intervention by Expeditionary Strike Group-1 (ESG-1) on Tawi Tawi represents the type of targeted, innovative civil affairs effort needed in the Philippines. We urge US Pacific Command to make these operations a regular part of future ESG and other naval deploym [...]
2005-09-07 10:27:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MOPS MCAP PTER PINS PREL EAID RP
05MANILA463MASSIVE STRIKES AGAINST HIGH VALUE TERRORISTS IN
[...] (C) Summary. A January 27 Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) massive aerial and artillery attack against several high value terrorist suspects (including ASG leader Janjalani and key JI operatives linked to the Bali bombing) killed as many as five terrorists and wounded three. Confirmatio [...]
2005-01-28 07:07:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPTER PINS PREL MOPS MY RP
05MANILA4631PHILIPPINE MARINES CAPTURE SEVEN ASG TERRORISTS ON
[...] (U) In a September 21 early morning raid on a safe house in Panjogan village near Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Philippine Marines captured Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) commander Jundan Jamalu, a.k.a. Jundan Jain a.k.a. "Black Killer," and six other ASG terrorists. Jamalu had been wanted by Philippine author [...]
2005-09-28 06:57:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER MOPS PINS ID MY RP
05MANILA4750PHILIPPINES TIGHTENS SECURITY AFTER BALI BOMBINGS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. In the aftermath of the October 1 bombings in Bali, Indonesia, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo expressed her condolences to the victims' families, tightened security measures, and [...]
2005-10-04 08:39:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL MOPS PINS PGOV KISL ID RP
05MANILA4905SCENESETTER FOR S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy Manila's comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- are deliberately integrated to meet the ever-present terrorism threat in the Philippines. You will see all major players during your visit: Executive Secr [...]
2005-10-16 10:11:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL ASEC PINS MOPS EAID KCRM RP
05MANILA5019GRP-MILF PEACE PROCESS ON TRACK BUT POTENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: GRP and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiators made a breakthrough on ancestral domain during their 9th Exploratory Talks in Kuala Lumpur, September 15-16. Though both sides agreed to keep details of the talks confidential, a leak to the Philippine press disclosed an [...]
2005-10-25 08:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS PINS KISL MY RP
05MANILA5023INDICATIONS OF COUP PLOTTING
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. There are disturbing indications that recidivist coup plotter "Gringo" Honasan and opposition Senator "Ping" Lacson may be at the very least associated with plots against President Arroyo in conjunction with the Young Officers Union (YOU),a shadowy cabal of junior and mid-gr [...]
2005-10-25 09:38:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPINS PREL PTER ASEC MOPS RP
05MANILA5126S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S TALKS WITH GRP OFFICIALS
[...] (S/REL AUSTRALIA) SUMMARY. Philippine Foreign Secretary Romulo and Executive Secretary Ermita told visiting S/CT Ambassador Crumpton they are optimistic about peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),believing MILF Chairman Murad has the ability to sell an agreement to his [...]
2005-11-02 08:09:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPTER PREL ASEC PINS MOPS RP
05MANILA5137SCENESETTER FOR EAP DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
[...] (C) Summary. Our strategic relations with the Philippines are important to both countries, and we seek to work even more constructively not only bilaterally but in a variety of regional and international fora as well. We have a comprehensive program of engagement with the GRP -- ranging from [...]
2005-11-02 12:00:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINS EAID MOPS ECON EFIN RP
05MANILA5166ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL THREATS TO DEMOCRACY IN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The Philippines' once again turbulent political environment has sparked new waves of rumors that the President or her advisers are considering emergency rule or martial law, and that elements within the military are seeking to stage a coup. We assess that neither scenario yet [...]
2005-11-06 09:25:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPINS MOPS ASEC PREL RP
05MANILA5316AFP ENGAGES ABU SAYYAF TERRORISTS ON JOLO
[...] (C) In a significant combat operation, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) units engaged Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists on the island of Jolo over the weekend of November 12-13. The AFP initiated the operation, which involved Task Force Comet and elements of the 104th Brigade, 3d Marine [...]
2005-11-13 11:31:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINS MOPS MARR MCAP RP
05MANILA5329GRP OFFICIALS REVIEW PHILIPPINE DEFENSE REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 11 meeting with EAP DAS John and Charge, Department of National Defense (DND) Undersecretary Carolina reviewed the Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) process. Carolina asserted that PDR was "embedded" in the system now and did not rely on current Defense Secretary Av [...]
2005-11-14 10:36:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC MOPS PGOV PINS EAID RP
05MANILA5372MEETING WITH MILF CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leaders received a strong message on November 15 from emboffs that the MILF must permanently cut all contacts with terrorist organizations. MILF Vice Chairman for Political Affairs Ghazali Jafaar claimed the MILF remained fully committed [...]
2005-11-16 10:03:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL ASEC PINS MOPS EAID KCRM RP
05MANILA5460MILF/US TIES: A NEW BALLGAME
[...] (C/NF) Summary. According to Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiator, each major constituency of the MILF was represented in the November 15 meeting between MILF Central Committee members and Emboffs, and the MILF leadership recognized the Embassy approach was a "different ball game. [...]
2005-11-22 10:53:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC PINS MOPS EAID MA RP
05MANILA5510SCENE SETTER FOR DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- top the broad U.S. agenda in the Philippines' still struggling democracy. In Manila, you will meet President Arroyo, former President Ramos, Executive Secretary Ermita, [...]
2005-11-28 11:38:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR ASEC OVIP PINS MOPS MARR PGOV RP
05MANILA5619SCENE SETTER FOR SENATOR CHRISTOPHER BOND
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- top the broad U.S. agenda in the Philippines' still struggling democracy. In Manila, you will meet President Arroyo, National Security Advisor Gonzales, National Intell [...]
2005-12-02 06:45:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR ASEC OVIP PINS MOPS MARR PGOV RP
05MANILA5847SENATOR BOND MEETS WITH GRP OFFICIALS, U.S.
[...] (C) Summary. Senator Christopher S. Bond visited the Philippines December 7-10, meeting with Philippine government and military officials and local American business leaders. Senator Bond spoke with President Arroyo the possibility of developing regional structures along the lines of the Org [...]
2005-12-15 10:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV ASEC EINV MOPS RP APEC
05MANILA5950PHILIPPINES: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Post's 2005 narrative update of the Philippine portion of the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report is provided below. The information is keyed to specific reftel requests. 2. (U) Summary. The Philippines, one of the earliest supporters in the global coalition against terrorism, [...]
2005-12-23 07:25:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV ASEC MOPS RP
05MANILA5964MAKING THE MOST OUT OF THE "MERCY"
[...] (SBU) Summary. A visit by the USNS Mercy to the Philippines could contribute significantly to our program of civil-military operations (CMO) in the Sulu Archipelago and have a positive impact our counterterrorism efforts there. Some additional support, e.g., medium-lift helicopters, may be n [...]
2005-12-27 09:30:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS PHUM RP
05MANILA630CORRECTED COPY: JOLO FIGHTING LEAVES OVER 50 DEAD
[...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Manila 621. The Summary reported incorrectly that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was involved in the recent clashes. The Summary should read that the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) was involved, as is indicated below. The body of Manila 621 [...]
2005-02-09 23:32:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PINR PREL MOPS RP
05MANILA682MILF DISTANCES SELF FROM JOLO FIGHTING AS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has clearly distanced itself from the ongoing fighting in Sulu Province and has now offered to broker a cease-fire. The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leadership has also called for restraint, as fighting stretched into the fifth [...]
2005-02-11 08:15:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PREL MOPS RP
05MANILA683ADMIRAL FARGO'S TALKS WITH SECRETARY OF NATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Secretary of Defense Cruz presented to Admiral Fargo in February 9 discussions a new framework for US-RP counterterrorism cooperation. "Kapit Bisig" would encompass humanitarian/civil affairs, exercises, and operations. Cruz expressed confidence that such a framework, which inc [...]
2005-02-11 08:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS RP
05MANILA729CPP/NPA DENOUNCES BALIKATAN EXERCISE
[...] (SBU) On February 11, Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal, the spokesman for the Communist Party of the Philippines/New Peoples Army (CPP/NPA),denounced the upcoming annual Balikatan exercise as "a blatant mockery of Philippine sovereignty." Rosal claimed US troops intended to "interfere" in the armed [...]
2005-02-15 23:57:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PINS RP
05MANILA835SULU UPDATE: MAJOR FIGHTING GIVES WAY TO GUERRILLA
[...] (C) Summary. Fighting has subsided on Jolo Island but intermittent skirmishes continue. The military continues pursuit operations against enemy forces now employing guerrilla tactics by squad-sized units. The fighting has so far displaced over 32,000 people. Often impassable roads -- susc [...]
2005-02-23 08:40:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PINR PREL MOPS PREF RP
05MAPUTO682MOZAMBIQUE: UPDATE ON USG HUMANITARIAN DEMINING
[...] PM/WRA Program Officer Deborah Netland and PM/WRA Foreign Affairs Officer Peggy Pope visited Mozambique April 26 - May 6. During their visit they examined the impact of USG humanitarian demining assistance and strongly urged the GRM to play a much more active role in supporting its mine action [...]
2005-06-01 05:36:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID KHDP MARR MOPS PREL MZ MAS
05MINSK1163Bombing in Vitebsk
[...] At 2217 hours on September 22 a small bomb detonated inside a discotheque at 35A Lenin Street in Vitebsk, north-eastern Belarus. Approximately 40 people were injured, three or four of them are considered to be in serious but not life-threatening condition. There were no fatalities and no Americ [...]
2005-09-23 12:14:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PTER PGOV CASC BO
05MUSCAT33OMAN MFA ON CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT DRAFT
[...] (U) This is an action request for AC/CB. See para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C/NF) Oman responded to the U.S. draft CWC Host Country Agreement (HCA) with a number of proposed amendments. The Foreign Ministry asks that the HCA be converted to letter format, that it delete the term [...]
2005-01-05 12:41:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM MARR MASS MOPS MU
05MUSCAT599GEN ABIZAID'S MEETINGS WITH OMANI FOREIGN, DEFENSE
[...] (C) Senior Omani foreign affairs and defense officials shared views with CENTCOM CDR Gen Abizaid on the brewing tensions between the U.S. and Iran, with the Omanis consistently advocating direct dialogue as a means to ease pressures and forestall an Iranian nuclear program. The Omanis shared [...]
2005-04-12 02:52:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR PTER SMIG MNUC XF XD MU
05NAIROBI1591 CJTF-HOA BRINGS EDUCATION TO DISADVANTAGED MUSLIM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 6, DCM, accompanied by COL Wendy Fontela, Political Advisor, CJTF-HOA, dedicated the new girls' secondary school in Bute, Wajir North constituency, in Kenya's under-developed and almost exclusively Muslim Northeastern Province. This school was the local MP and the co [...]
2005-04-14 13:58:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL PTER PHUM SOCI KGHA KISL KPAO MOPS KE
05NAIROBI2583SOMALIA -- PUBLIC STATEMENT IN RECOGNITION OF CIVIL
[...] (SBU) Reftels outline recent events in the attempts of the Somali Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) to relocate from Kenya to Somalia. Notable among these has been a surge to the fore of civil society players in Mogadishu, including members of the business community, NGOs, women's orga [...]
2005-06-23 05:15:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS SO KE UNSC
05NAIROBI4002UK FRUSTRATIONS WITH CT COOPERATION IN KENYA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: British counterparts told Poloffs September 19 they are focusing their counter-terrorism (CT) efforts in Kenya on border and aviation security and have money to spend in both arenas. They are, however, frustrated with the Kenyan government,s lackluster CT performance and also c [...]
2005-09-26 13:53:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER MARR MOPS PGOV KE
05NAIROBI4903SOMALIA PIRACY -- JOWHAR-TFG MEMBERS LET CONTRACT
[...] (C) Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minster Ali Mohamed Gedi has confirmed that members of the TFG allied with President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed signed on November 25 a contract with a U.S.-origin company to provide coastal security and training services. The primary goal see [...]
2005-11-29 01:31:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI4957SOMALIA PRIME MINISTER BY TURNS ACCUSATORY,
[...] (C) Somali Prime Minister Gedi November 25 alternately accused the USG of abandoning Somalis to the killing clutches of Mogadishu warlords, and sought our advice on building a "third way" in Parliament -- depending on who was in the room. He admitted he and the Jowhar TFG faction were taking [...]
2005-11-30 12:22:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI5156SOMALIA: ITALIAN DEPUTY MFA SEEKS USG - EU UNITY
[...] (C) Italy's Deputy Foreign Minister Alfredo Mantica queried Ambassador December 13 on the probable outcome of the USG's Somalia policy review. He confidently pushed for the USG to join a "common EU position" in support of the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) Prime Minister and the exec [...]
2005-12-16 06:45:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO EAID SO KE
05NDJAMENA1418CHAD: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FOR REGIONAL MILITARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post seeks Department support for a military contribution for the Chadian-hosted regional military exercise Bahr El-Gazel from November 10-23, possibly through ACOTA or another State-funded program. The exercise was developed to respond to the African Union's call on each of t [...]
2005-09-19 16:01:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MARR MOPS CD
05NDJAMENA1672CHAD: DEBY SHAKES UP MILITARY LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary. President Idriss Deby carried out a military shake-up on November 15. The changes include the chiefs of the Armed Forces, Gendarmerie, Nomadic Guard, and National Police. The most surprising change was the removal of Deby relative, General Mahamat Saleh Ibrahim, who had serve [...]
2005-11-16 16:03:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR MOPS CD
05NDJAMENA589GENERAL WALD COMES TO CHAD
[...] (C) Summary: General Wald, Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command, visited the U.S.-trained Pan Sahel Unit and held meetings with President Idriss Deby, Minister of Defense Emmanuel Nadingar, and Chief of Defense Mahamat Saleh Kaya during his trip to Chad from April 10 to 11. President Deby [...]
2005-04-13 06:41:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PGOV CD VIP
05NEWDELHI140REQUEST FOR INDIAN MPAT PLANNERS AND LIAISON
[...] (C) This message responds to State action request: ref 060115Z Jan 05 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR COUNTRY LIAISON OFFICERS FOR TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE AND PACOM REQUEST. 2. (C) Based on directions in cable (ref para 1),and communications between USPACOM J-5, OSD, and USDAO New Delhi, Ambassador t [...]
2005-01-06 14:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALAS CA CE FR GM IR JA KS MARR MOPS MY PREL SN TH
05NEWDELHI1546MEA CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 conversation with PolCouns and Poloff, outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K Singh was generally upbeat about short-term Indo-Pak rapprochement, and expressed cautious optimism about long-term sustainability of this trend. After shari [...]
2005-03-01 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR MOPS KNNP IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1554US-INDIA PEACEKEEPING JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: At the fourth US-India Joint Working Group on Peacekeeping on February 14, IO PDAS Swigert underscored US concerns about sexual exploitation committed within UN peacekeeping ranks and asked India, a main troop contributor, to play a leading role to ensure that the problem is deal [...]
2005-03-01 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KPKO XA IN
05NEWDELHI1615GOI OPPOSES NON-LETHAL MILITARY AID AND MEDICAL
[...] (C) The GOI feels strongly that the USG should delay the first phase of the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) for the Royal Nepalese Army, because this is not the time to send mixed messages to the King. In a March 2 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff scheduled to discuss Bhutan, MEA Join [...]
2005-03-02 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS EAID IN NP
05NEWDELHI1764SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL PRAKASH,S MARCH 19-28 VISIT TO USA
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral Clark, we greatly appreciate your willingness to host the upcoming visit to the USA of your counterpart, Admiral Arun Prakash, India's Chief of Naval Staff and Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee. President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agree that Indo-US relati [...]
2005-03-08 05:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA MASS MOPS PTER PK XD IZ IN
05NEWDELHI2550SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON,S APRIL 13-16 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral Fallon, we welcome your upcoming visit to India, coming at a time of excellent relations in a fast maturing defense cooperation relationship. You also come soon after Secretary of State Rice's first visit last month, which has been characterized as the most successful visit o [...]
2005-04-05 14:21:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL MASS MOPS PTER IN US
05NEWDELHI2968INDIA WARNS OF "REPERCUSSIONS" FOLLOWING
[...] (C) Summary: On April 16, India's Border Security Force (BSF) engaged the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on the border between the Northeastern state of Tripura and Southeastern Bangladesh in what the MEA has called a "fierce gun battle," which ultimately resulted in the death of an Indian officer. [...]
2005-04-20 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS BG IN
05NEWDELHI3017COMMANDER USPACOM MEETS DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) On 13 April 2005, Commander USPACOM met with Deputy National Security Advisor Ambassador Vijay Nambiar at the NSA's conferencing facility at the Cabinet Secretariat Building. Nambiar was joined by 10 members of the National Security Counsel. Also attending the meeting were PACOM staff, U [...]
2005-04-22 07:49:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PTER IN
05NEWDELHI3607INDIA COMPLETES MEDIUM-RANGE, SURFACE-TO-SURFACE
[...] MEA Deputy Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Naveen Srivastava confirmed to PolMilOff press reports that India completed its test of the Prithvi medium-range, surface-to-surface missile on May 12. Srivastava notified PolCouns of the test on May 11 (Reftel). 2. Cit [...]
2005-05-12 13:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MCAP MOPS IN
05NEWDELHI362INDIA ACCEPTS TSUNAMI MILITARY LIAISON PROPOSAL
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Natwar Singh used a January 13 meeting with CODEL Leach and the Ambassador to announce that the GOI has officially accepted the US proposal to appoint tsunami liaison officers. Singh indicated that Ambassador SIPDIS Ronen Sen in Washington has been instructed to have one of [...]
2005-01-13 13:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IN
05NEWDELHI3745MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, CLEARER ON SIACHEN
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 18 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha gave us the clearest GOI position on Siachen we have had in some time, stressing that settlement will require a signed map showing current troop positions in order to close [...]
2005-05-18 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS ENRG IN PK AF TX INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3969INDIAN FOCUS ON FROZEN, WET, AND SOFT PAK BORDERS
[...] (C) Summary: New Delhi is currently focused on three Indo-Pak territorial disputes, with senior officials in Islamabad discussing two of them, demilitarizing Siachen Glacier (May 26-27) and demarcating the international border at Sir Creek (May 28-29). Conventional thinking in Delhi is that, [...]
2005-05-27 12:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI4200GOI CAUTIOUS ON SEPARATIST VISIT TO PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 3 farewell call that GOI Kashmir Interlocutor NN Vohra requested with soon-to-depart D/Polcouns, the senior official focused on two unprecedented events: the ground-breaking visit of what he termed "so-called moderate separatists" to Pakistani Kashmir and Pakistan p [...]
2005-06-03 12:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI586PRESERVING THE LOC CEASEFIRE
[...] (U) This is an action request for SA. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (S) The LOC ceasefire is one of the most important achievements in the slow but steady Indo-Pak rapproachement process that began in mid-2003 with former PM Vajpayee's ""Hand of Friendship"" speech, but without US engagemen [...]
2005-01-24 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL MOPS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI5925KASHMIRIS: INDIA NOW HOLDS ALL THE CARDS, BUT WILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A survey of Kashmiri political opinion in Srinagar, Jammu, and Delhi indicates a consensus that India is in a magisterial position right now: our contacts assess that India's strategic stock is secure and rising on the heels of the PM's visit to Washington; they agree the mood of [...]
2005-08-01 07:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS ECON ASEC PBTS IN PK
05NEWDELHI6149MEA GRASPING FOR A PLAN B IN NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and Poloff on August 8 that the "window of opportunity" for reconciliation between the Palace and the political parties in Nepal is closing, and MEA is looking for new ways to increase pressure on the King. India was annoyed b [...]
2005-08-08 14:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS KDEM MOPS IN NP
05NEWDELHI6150DELHI ON WARY TACK WITH ISLAMABAD, MULLING TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite mounting political concern about increased infiltration across the Line of Control (LOC),and BJP sniping over the UPA government's failure to hold Pakistan accountable for terrorism in India, the GOI's top leadership has remained committed to forward progress in the Ind [...]
2005-08-08 15:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ECON PTER KDEM KISL MOPS PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6312MEA ON PAKISTAN TALKS: SOME PROGRESS, MANY DOUBTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Pakistan policy manager Dilip Sinha believes India and Pakistan made good but slow progress in their latest round of Composite Dialogue efforts, with a more constructive climate than earlier discussions. They agreed to extend the LOC ceasefire, establish nuclear hotlines, pre [...]
2005-08-12 13:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ECON ECIN ETRD MOPS IN PK AF INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6339PM INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH: THE WORLD IS WATCHING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In his second annual independence day speech to the nation, PM Manmohan Singh echoed themes from his recent address to the US Congress regarding India's rising economic power, its democratic credentials, its increasing engagement with the international system, and the need to ens [...]
2005-08-16 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN PBTS EAID MOPS PTER IN
05NEWDELHI6340MEA: TURN UP THE HEAT ON THE LTTE
[...] (C) Summary: The GOI was saddened but not surprised by the August 12 assassination of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar -- apparently by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) -- because he, as a moderate Tamil, was considered the LTTE's second-most important target after P [...]
2005-08-16 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS KCRM PGOV ECON IN CE
05NEWDELHI6396MEA URGES USG NOT TO PURSUE STATUS OF FORCES
[...] (C) DATT conveyed reftel points to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. S. Jaishankar in a letter on August 16 (full text para 6 below). In a meeting on August 17 with DCM to introduce a new Embassy officer, Jaishanker pulled DCM aside to discourage strongly any effort by the USG to pursue at this [...]
2005-08-18 09:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IN
05NEWDELHI6414MEA UNSURPRISED BUT ANXIOUS IN REACTION TO BANGLA
[...] (C) Summary: The MEA told us that the few indicators so far available point to the Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh as author of the August 17 bombing wave. The MEA further theorized that the terrorists' goal was to demonstrate organization and sophistication. Delhi views Bangladesh's terrori [...]
2005-08-18 16:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA
05NEWDELHI6595NEW DELHI NEPAL EXPERTS CALL FOR LONG-TERM STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: New Delhi-based Nepal experts representing a wide spectrum of viewpoints agreed that the international community must take a longer-term view of the crisis in Nepal, and argued the US must lead in any recasting of strategy, as New Delhi is handcuffed by conflicting domestic int [...]
2005-08-26 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS KDEM PGOV MOPS PBTS IN NP
05NEWDELHI6596TOUGH NEW ANTI-HIJACKING POLICY, AT LEAST ON PAPER
[...] (C) Summary: To break with earlier ad hoc practices -- many of which yielded disastrous results -- the GOI recently unveiled India's first formal anti-hijacking policy and streamlined bureaucratic procedures in the event of a successful hijacking in Indian airspace. The Indian Air Force (IAF [...]
2005-08-26 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV ASEC EAIR MOPS KSAC IN PK
05NEWDELHI6655AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MOD HIERARCHY
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Mukherjee expressed great satisfaction with his visit to the US. Opposition to the New Framework for Defense Relations mainly comes from those mired in "Old Think Syndrome." Mukherjee interested in visiting upcoming Indo-US military exercises, and visiting USS [...]
2005-08-30 11:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN IZ MARR MOPS PREL
05NEWDELHI6694MEA EAGER TO WORK WITH US ON BANGLADESH AND SRI
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting, new MEA Joint Secretary for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar Mohan Kumar SIPDIS agreed to the need for greater information sharing and policy coordination between GOI and USG on Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Stressing that Bangladesh is "India's most impo [...]
2005-08-31 14:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA
05NEWDELHI680MEA HOPEFUL LOC FIRING ""A ONE-TIME PROBLEM""
[...] (C) On the margins of a January 27 meeting with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, DCM expressed our hope that the SIPDIS January 18 and 20 cross-LOC shelling incidents (reftel) would not impede the ongoing Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue. Saran responded that he understood the USG concern and was [...]
2005-01-27 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6809TFUS01: INDIA SEEKS USG OK TO SEND MORE AID
[...] (U) SEE URGENT ACTION REQUESTS AT PARA 6. 2. (SBU) A/DCM conveyed Refs A and B points to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Jaishankar late evening on September 4. SIPDIS Jaishankar indicated he understood the bureaucratic issues regarding sending a medical team and offering Indian pharmace [...]
2005-09-05 14:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR PREL EAID MOPS MASS AMGT MARR US
05NEWDELHI6840A NUCLEAR IRAN STILL UNACCEPTABLE TO INDIA, BUT DELHI QUESTIONS EVENTUAL ARMED CONFRONTATION
[...] (S) Summary: Indian FS Saran listened attentively to Ambassador's views on Iran, including our disappointment with FM Natwar Singh's public statements on his September 3-4 visit to Tehran; and reaffirmed India's long-standing policy on Iran, ie, that Iran must comply with its international commitm [...]
2005-09-06 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETMNUC PREL KNNP PINS MOPS IN IR
05NEWDELHI7092GOI MORE PESSIMISTIC THAN EVER ON NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae was less optimistic than ever that King Gyanendra would take steps to resolve the deteriorating political stalemate in Nepal. He told A/DCM and Poloff on September 12 that all Indian observers believe the King is in "self-destruct mode," an [...]
2005-09-13 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PBTS MOPS MASS ECON IN NP
05NEWDELHI7494GOI CONSIDERING RUSSIAN THRUST IN CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (C) Summary: As India perceives a shift by Central Asian nations toward their Soviet roots and increased competition from China, the GOI is taking a new look at how to orient its foreign policy in the region. Frustrated with the slow progress expanding influence in its extended neighborhood a [...]
2005-09-26 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ETRD MOPS CN PK AF IN
05NEWDELHI7795DNSA NAMBIAR TO AMB CROCKER: PAKISTANI GLASS HALF
[...] (S) Summary: Playing bad cop, Deputy National Security Advisor Vijay Nambiar gave visiting US Ambassador to Pakistan a twenty minute assessment of Pakistani terrorists' ties to regional and global jehadi groups as a way of "balancing Musharraf's rhetoric." Bangladesh, he feared, was the new hub for [...]
2005-10-06 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PBTS ECON MOPS PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8012MEA LARGELY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, BUT QUAKE NO
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha judged that it was too soon to assess the damage the October 8 earthquake dealt to terrorism in Kashmir, although he cautioned that the terrorists' setbacks may only [...]
2005-10-14 14:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS ENRG PBTS ETRD IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8188UIGHUR RESETTLEMENT: GOI UNLIKELY TO RESPOND
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar told the Charge on October 15 that the GOI would consider the US request for assistance in resettling Uighur detainees, but suggested that the answer would be no. "You know why," he added. Comment ------- [...]
2005-10-21 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR IN
05NEWDELHI8750FS SARAN GIVES AMBASSADOR MORIARTY READOUT OF
[...] Summary (C) In a 16 November meeting, Indian Foreign Secretary Saran and visiting Ambassador Moriarty discussed SIPDIS the worrying political climate in Nepal. The Ambassador described options for increasing pressure on the King to reach out to Nepalese political parties to counter growing [...]
2005-11-17 13:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV MOPS ECON IN
05NEWDELHI8751KASHMIRIS QUIETLY APPRECIATIVE OF INDIAN ARMY AND
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Kashmiris have been quietly appreciative of the way the Army, J&K state government, Indian NGOs, and Indian businesses and citizens provided relief following the October 8 earthquake. Immediately following the quake, soldiers threw themselves into rescue efforts and opene [...]
2005-11-17 15:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KISL PTER EAID MOPS PK IN
05NEWDELHI8791INDIANS WORRY LASHKAR TERRORISTS ARE THRIVING IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Apprehension is mounting in India about Pakistan-based terrorist groups' exploitation of relief efforts to enhance their capabilities, recruitment, and operations against India. Indians are also noticing with alarm that terror groups such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jammat- [...]
2005-11-18 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PBTS KISL MOPS PINS EAID ASEC PK IN
05NEWDELHI8845INDIA DOUBTS NEPALESE MAOIST/POLITICAL PARTY
[...] (C) Summary: Recent press reports of a breakthrough between Nepalese Maoists and political parties are not true, outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae insisted on November 22, acknowledging nonetheless that the two sides have met in Delhi to discuss a solution to the ongoing crisis. [...]
2005-11-22 15:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV MOPS ECON IN NP
05NEWDELHI8928INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY FRETS ABOUT JIHADI
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Indian Foreign Secretary Saran summoned the Charge on November 24 to register concern about several dimensions of international relief activities in Pakistani Kashmir. Saran's delivery of the non-paper in para 5 was low key and respe [...]
2005-11-25 11:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS EAID IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI909INDIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN 2005
[...] (S) Summary: With political momentum in its favor, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) expects to solidify its hold on power in 2005. The Congress-led coalition's pursuit of closer US-India ties will continue unabated, but the exigencies of coalition government will slow progress on issues of i [...]
2005-02-04 11:55:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID MARR MOPS KPKO XD IN
05NEWDELHI9345PMO MINISTER CITES DOMESTIC POLITICS IN PSI DEBATE
[...] (C) The Ambassador used a December 9 meeting with Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, to press for early presentation of India's plan for separation of its civilian and military nuclear facilities and to continue our advocacy of Indian participation in the Pro [...]
2005-12-12 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MOPS IN PSI
05NEWDELHI9592GOI'S TAKE ON CHINA'S ROLE IN DEVELOPING THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 meeting on India's relationship with Central Asia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),MEA J/S Jaimini Bhagwati (Eurasia) suggested that India and the US should look for opportunities to advance our shared interests in the region. Bhagwati speculated [...]
2005-12-20 13:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL KDEM MOPS CH IN PK RS
05NEWDELHI9771MEA LOOKS AHEAD TO PAKISTAN TALKS, SEEKS
[...] (C) Summary: Speaking on December 27, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran) Dilip Sinha judged that the GOP is dragging its feet in implementing agreed-upon confidence-building measures and presenting its own ideas in a "half-baked" manner, but was confident that relations would mud [...]
2005-12-28 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL EAID EPET ELTN MOPS KDEM KNNP IN PK AF IR INDO PAK
05NICOSIA304SHIP VISIT TO CYPRUS: CALLING IN THE NORTH IS A
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Nicosia supports a visit by the USN to the Republic of Cyprus (south),but opposes a ship visit to north Cyprus under the current circumstances. The Republic of Cyprus has hosted many visits by the United States Navy (USN) over the years without incident. The Cyprus go [...]
2005-02-23 13:19:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALCY TU PREL MOPS MARR
05OTTAWA1475THE POLITICS OF CANADA'S DARFUR INVOLVEMENT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In an effort to shore up support for his tottering minority government, PM Martin gave in to the demands of independent MP David Kilgour and accelerated the announcement of a major increase in aid for Darfur, to include CN $200 million and up to Canadian Forces technical advis [...]
2005-05-16 22:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNCA PGOV EAID MARR MASS MOPS PREL SU
05OTTAWA1728CANADA AGREES TO PROVIDE SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES
[...] (S) Polmiloff met with Foreign Affairs Director for Defense Relations Barbara Martin on June 7, 2005, at the latter's request. Martin wanted to convey officially the Canadian Government's positive response to USG's December 2004 request for Canadian Special Operations Forces for Operation End [...]
2005-06-08 11:38:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNMOPS MARR PREL CA AF
05OTTAWA1972INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY COMMITS TO MAINTAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 90 senior level officials from Haiti, international organizations, and donor governments met June 17 in Montreal to discuss the future of Haiti. The conference's key theme was the importance of maintaining momentum in the lead-up to the November elections. Partic [...]
2005-06-29 14:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYHA MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO CA
05OTTAWA2344CANADA GIVES POSITIVE SOUNDINGS ON GREAT LAKES
[...] (SBU) Summary: After meeting with a U.S. Shiprider team on July 28 and offering positive soundings on a way to move forward on the two-week proof of concept phase of the program, GOC lawyers and operators met August 2 and agreed to continue joint planning for a possible program in September-O [...]
2005-08-03 20:54:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL EWWT PBTS CA MOPS
05OTTAWA3065REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN
[...] (S) On October 12, 2005 POL M/C raised the Uighur resettlement issue with Michael Small, Acting ADM (Assistant Deputy Minister) for Global Affairs at Foreign Affairs Canada. Small, who is also Director General for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, had been briefed by FAC,s Senior Adviso [...]
2005-10-13 14:46:00Embassy OttawaSECRETKAWC MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR
05OTTAWA3123LETTER FROM MP DAVID KILGOUR TO SECSTATE URGING
[...] Embassy has received a letter from MP David Kilgour addressed to the Secretary regarding NATO involvement in Darfur. Mr. Kilgour is an independent MP who has been a champion of human rights and humanitarian issues going back to international efforts on behalf of Soviet Jewry in the 1970,s. K [...]
2005-10-19 16:26:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA PREL SU PARM MOPS
05OTTAWA3125CANADA'S EVOLVING CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RELIEF AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (START) Secretariat, a new bureau with responsibilities equivalent to those of S/CRS and some of the State Pol/Mil Bureau, began operating on September 6. Housed in the International Security Branch under A/DM Jim Wright, it [...]
2005-10-19 17:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL MOPS PTER CA
05OTTAWA3278CANADA'S RESPONSE TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE
[...] (SBU) DCM conveyed ref A points November 1 to Jonathan Fried, the Prime Minister's senior foreign policy advisor. We provided follow-up copies to Foreign Affairs Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency. Canada responded quickly and generously to the South Asian earthquake (s [...]
2005-11-03 15:24:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID MARR MOPS PHUM PREL PK CA
05OTTAWA3417NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CANADA UNABLE TO BOOST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 20:45:00Embassy OttawaSECRETMARR MOPS PREL AF NL CA
05OTTAWA3618CANADA: FUNDING APPROVAL FOR EXTENSION OF
[...] (SBU) Foreign Affairs Peacekeeping and Peace Operations Group Director Wendy Gilmour has affirmed that Canada plans to extend its police trainers at the International Police Training Center for another year. We understand that the extension had been endorsed by RCMP authorities and the fundin [...]
2005-12-07 22:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS IZ
05OTTAWA3619CANADA: JIPTC FUNDS WILL BE AUTHORIZED BEFORE YEAR
[...] (SBU) Daniel Joly, Director of the Iraq program at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) assured polmiloff late on December 7 that Canadian funding for 2006 training at the JIPTC would be authorized before the end of the year. The funding package already had been reviewed again [...]
2005-12-07 22:50:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS PINS PGOV MARR MCAP MOPS IZ
05OTTAWA3638FOLLOW-UP TO REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT
[...] (U) This is an action message. See para 6. 2. (S) Polmiloff met with Senior Advisor for Migration and Refugees Kathy Porter on December 9 to discuss Uighur resettlement. Other meeting participants were China and Mongolia Senior Political Officer Walter Bernyck, and U.S. Relations Politica [...]
2005-12-09 22:08:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR CA
05OTTAWA3656CANADA: RESETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN REFUGEES
[...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5. 2. (S) On December 13, Political Minister Counselor and polmiloff raised the matter of Uighur resettlement with Tony Burger, Assistant Secretary of the Global Affairs Secretariat at the Privy Council Office (Burger reports to Jonathan Fried, Senio [...]
2005-12-13 22:20:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR CA
05OTTAWA3695CANADIAN IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS NEGATIVE ON
[...] (S) Pol Minister Counselor and polmiloff met with two Assistant Deputy Ministers (Operations and Policy) at Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) on December 15, to follow up on USG's request that Canada consider resettlement of Uighurs from Guantanamo. In a cordial but candid exchange, A/D [...]
2005-12-16 20:28:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PINR CA
05OTTAWA933PROPOSED AGENDA FOR 2005 U.S.-CANADA
[...] (C) Polmiloff conveyed Acting Assistant Secretary Likins' acceptance of the invitation to attend the first U.S.-Canada pol-mil consultations in Ottawa to Barbara Martin, Foreign Affairs Canada Director of North American and Euro-Atlantic Security and Defence Relations Division (IDR),on March 3 [...]
2005-03-30 23:19:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS CA IDR LTG
05PANAMA698YOUR VISIT TO PANAMA
[...] (C) When I heard of your plan to visit Panama on April 10 my Embassy immediately began making preparations to welcome you. I personally have been looking forward to meeting you and working with you. Recently Panama has been the focus of intense Washington interest and we have had the honor to ho [...]
2005-03-29 19:51:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MOPS PM POL CHIEF
05PANAMA701SCENESETTER: GEN CRADDOCK APRIL 4-5 VISIT TO PANAMA
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilateral security and [...]
2005-03-29 22:02:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC MOPS OREP PGOV PM PREL
05PARIS1114FRANCE RESERVED ON MEK REPATRIATION REVIEW PANEL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-22 15:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV PTER ASEC IR IZ FR PREM
05PARIS133TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE - FRENCH WILL ASSIGN A LIAISON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-07 18:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR FR
05PARIS1511PARIS RESPONSE, SOLICITING DONATIONS FOR NATO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-08 13:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUP ETTC MARR MOPS PREL NATO
05PARIS3146DARFUR: FRENCH PREFER EU MISSION, BUT WOULD
[...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official confirmed France's preference for an EU assistance mission to the African Union (AU) in Darfur. While the French approach is still evolving, MFA officials believe the EU should continue to build on its existing assistance efforts to the AU (AMIS). Towards th [...]
2005-05-10 14:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SU FR NATO EUN
05PARIS3232DARFUR: FRENCH POSITION ON NATO ROLE
[...] (C) Drawing on reftel points, Charge raised a possible NATO role in Darfur with MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye May 11. Charge said French opposition to a NAC meeting with AU SYG Konare was not consistent with FM Barnier's assurances that Paris would not object to a NATO role in [...]
2005-05-12 10:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SU FR EUN
05PARIS3401IRAQ: POTENTIAL PROGRESS ON FRANCE'S GENDARME
[...] C) During the course of a meeting with MOD contacts on May 13, we learned that Iraq has responded to France's bilateral offer to train Iraqi security forces, which President Chirac had conveyed to then IIG President Yawer last January. According to Captain Devaux, a MOD desk officer for NATO i [...]
2005-05-18 12:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IZ FR EUN NATO
05PARIS3491FRENCH ON MAY 23-24 GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points on May 16 and spoke with MFA deputy chief for Common Foreign and Security Policy Pascal LeDeunff on May 19. LeDeunff described Sudan as "incontestably the most important" subject the GAERC will tackle; said that the EU-3 will seek EU support for th [...]
2005-05-20 16:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCH PREL SU MARR MOPS PARM KNNP MNUC FR EUN NATO
05PARIS4039CONTINUED FRENCH CONCERNS ON BAGHDAD AIRPORT ROAD
[...] (U) This message contains a guidance request in para 4. 2. (C) On the margins of a June 7 discussion on deliverables for the U.S.-EU conference on Iraq (septel),MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan raised continuing GoF security concerns on access to the Bag [...]
2005-06-09 16:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER IZ FR
05PARIS4621 USUNESCO: Conferences Focus on Illicit Traffic in
[...] Summary. The 22-23 Paris UNESCO meetings of the Second International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Iraq (Second Iraq ICC),Iraqi officials, donor country officials and Iraqi specialists focused on the fight against illicit traffic in Iraqi cultural prop [...]
2005-07-01 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN PREL SOCI MOPS MARR SCUL FR UNESCO EUN
05PARIS4751PDAS CHENEY MEETS WITH MFA'S A/S-EQUIVALENT
[...] (C) Summary: NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met July 1 with Jean-Francois Thibault, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for the Middle East, and focused on Lebanon while also briefly touching on Iran. The two agreed that July 25 and 26 should be the next dates for a Core Group meeting in Beirut. They also agreed [...]
2005-07-07 15:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY EAID PTER MOPS FR
05PARIS5352FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL VIEWS MAURITANIA COUP AS
[...] (C) GOF MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher on August 4 said that France viewed Mauritania's coup as "consolidated" (i.e., concluded). He said that the key remaining question involved Mauritanian forces which remain loyal to President Taya and are conducting anti-terrorist oper [...]
2005-08-05 07:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PINR MOPS CASC MR FR
05PARIS6333RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO UIGHURS - FRANCE
[...] (C) DCM discussed reftel request with MFA Director of Cabinet Pierre Vimont, September 16. Vimont said the GOF would "study" the request and promised a rapid response. Vimont said that, if France were in principle able to accept some/all of the Uighurs, it would be helpful to have more deta [...]
2005-09-16 15:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR FR
05PARIS6335EUR/RPM DIRECTOR CONSULTATIONS -- FRENCH CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA and MOD NATO experts told EUR/RPM Director Jim Warlick that closer cooperation with the U.S. was needed in order to resolve issues at NATO before they were turned over to the Military Committee. The French welcomed U.S. efforts to expand our transatlantic dialog, as ex [...]
2005-09-16 15:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS FR NATO OSCE
05PARIS6694FRENCH WARY OF ISAF/OEF COMMAND PROPOSAL AND
[...] (C) Summary. According to the MOD Policy Director, France can live with the NATO proposal for an ISAF/OEF integrated, but still dual-hatted command, so long as there is clear differentiation between the OEF and ISAF missions. It is for this reason that Defense Minister Alliot-Marie continues [...]
2005-09-29 16:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF FR NATO
05PARIS6934AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER: FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie conveyed French support for NATO operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan, as well as the NATO Response Force (NRF). The minister emphasized that NATO and European defense (ESDP) are not mutually ex [...]
2005-10-07 17:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF FR NATO
05PARIS8074 FRANCE: NASA/DAO MISSION CLEARANCE APPROVAL:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS TSPA FR
05PARIS8613U.S. TROOP DRAWDOWN IN AFGHANISTAN NOT A SURPRISE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-22 14:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS PGOV AF FR NATO
05PORTAUPRINCE1516U.S. TROOPS NEEDED IN HAITI
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The situation in Haiti has deteriorated to the point that elections, the central element of the transition process, are in jeopardy. MINUSTAH has failed to establish security and stability here. As much as we may pressure the UN and the Brazilians to take the more forceful appro [...]
2005-06-01 19:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1564HAITI: NEED HELP WITH UN AND JORDAN TO BOLSTER
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The performance of many MINUSTAH troops has been feeble. We hope that the ongoing troop rotation will bring a more robust response to the worsening instability. The Jordanian contingent has been one of the most ineffective forces here. Embassy requests that t [...]
2005-06-06 17:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ASEC HA MINUSTAH
05PRAGUE1004CZECHS REPORT RUSSIAN PROTEST OVER DONATION TO
[...] (U) Action request: see para 4. 2. (C) Czech MOD Director of Security Policy Borkovec told DATT on July 1 that the Russians had formally protested the planned Czech donation of small arms and grenades to the EUCOM-led Georgia Security and Stability Operations. The Russian MOD on June 30 c [...]
2005-07-01 14:47:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMASS MOPS PREL EZ GG RU
05PRAGUE1008CZECH MOD STAFF CONFIRM PLANS FOR EXTENSION OF
[...] (C) Summary: Czech MOD senior officials offered assurances that plans for extension of the Czech military police trainers currently in Iraq are continuing, and that the contingent would remain in its current status, i.e., part of MNF-I, but with the hope that they would "eventually" be move [...]
2005-07-01 17:00:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS MASS IZ EZ
05PRAGUE1036CZECHS CONFIRM THEIR COALITION SOLIDARITY FUND
[...] (U) This is an action request; see action in para 2. 2. (U) In a meeting with DAO July 8, Czech MOD Director of Security Policy Zdenek Borkovec expressed the GOCR,s great appreciation for the $6 million in Coalition Solidarity Funds (CSF). He indicated the GOCR had not changed any of its pr [...]
2005-07-12 06:05:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PARM PREL MOPS EZ
05PRAGUE1058CZECH'S SOLIDARITY FUND REQUEST PROCUREMENT LIST
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) In response to the Department's request, Post is transmitting the text of the original Czech request for items under their $6 million Coalition Solidarity Fund (CSF) allocation. Per reftel, Czech MOD Director of Secur [...]
2005-07-14 16:06:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PARM PREL MOPS EZ
05PRAGUE1247CZECH CABINET APPROVES 2006 FOREIGN DEPLOYMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-25 15:17:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEZ MOPS PREL PGOV AF IZ YI BK
05PRAGUE126CZECH REQUEST FOR USG TRANSPORT OF ARMORED
[...] (U) Action request in para 5. 2. (C) Summary: The Czech government requests USG assistance in transporting two armored vehicles to Baghdad. The vehicles will be used by protective forces guarding the Czech ambassador and other Czech diplomats in Baghdad. The Czechs are prepared to cover [...]
2005-01-27 16:30:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL EZ IZ
05PRAGUE1446CZECHS STATE THAT UIGHUR RESETTLEMENT IS POSSIBLE,
[...] (U) Action request paragraph 5. 2. (S) Poloff met on October 6 with Tomas Haisman, Director of Asylum and Migration Policies at the Czech Ministry of Interior, to discuss resettlement of 15 Uighur detainees (reftel). Haisman called the situation "shocking," but nevertheless held out ho [...]
2005-10-07 16:20:00Embassy PragueSECRETPHUM PREL MOPS EZ
05PRAGUE1505CZECHS SAY &NO8 TO THE UIGHURS, BUT AGREE TO
[...] (U) Action request at paragraph 5. 2. (S) Summary. Frantisek Bublan, the Czech Minister of the Interior, informed the DCM that the GOCR has denied our request to resettle 15 Uighur men in the Czech Republic, citing foreign policy and security concerns. Post believes the Czech decision [...]
2005-10-20 15:18:00Embassy PragueSECRETPHUM PREL MOPS EZ
05PRAGUE1665UPDATE ON EXTENSION OF POLICE TRAINERS AT THE
[...] Pol Specialist Nov 28 confirmed with the Interior Ministry that the Czech Republic plans to extend the Czech participation in police training in Jordan. The Ministry of Interior has already allocated the necessary financing. The proposal to extend is now being reviewed in the Czech interagency [...]
2005-11-30 15:11:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDIZ KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR SOCI
05PRAGUE169CZECH ON FUTURE OF IRAQ COALITION; POSSIBILITY OF
[...] (C) Pol-Econ Counselor and DATT raised ref A points on future of Iraq coalition with Czech MFA and MOD Security Policy Departments. The Czechs welcomed the information provided about current thinking on the coalition. They noted, of course, that the Czech parliament had just approved the ext [...]
2005-02-07 08:29:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ EZ NATO
05PRAGUE1701CZECHS APPROVE 2006 MILITARY DEPLOYMENT PLANS
[...] Summary: The Czech Chamber of Deputies voted December 7 in favor of proposed foreign military deployments for 2006, including the retention of 100 troops in Iraq. End Summary 2. The Czech Chamber of Deputies voted December 7 in favor of proposed foreign military deployments for 2006. This ti [...]
2005-12-08 16:49:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEZ PGOV PHUM PINR PREL MARR MOPS
05PRAGUE66DSACEUR LETTER ON NTM PAVES WAY FOR CZECH
[...] (C) According to President Klaus' office, the Czech government in its weekly cabinet session on January 12 decided to seek a parliamentary mandate for the continued deployment of the Czech company of MPs in southern Iraq. The MOD was charged with preparing the draft for presentation to parl [...]
2005-01-12 16:40:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS EZ IZ
05QUITO1060MFA LEERY OF CEDING JURISDICTION OVER SMUGGLING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 10 call on Acting Foreign Minister Marcelo Fernandez, the Charge requested the GoE waive jurisdiction over the F/V Simon Bolivar, an Ecuador-flagged fishing vessel interdicted May 8 while smuggling four tons of cocaine. In his demarche, the Charge revealed the Bolivar [...]
2005-05-11 22:00:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO1098MFA REFUSES TO CEDE JURISDICTION OVER SMUGGLERS
[...] Via diplomatic note, the Foreign Ministry denied the USG's request to cede jurisdiction over the captain, crew, and cargo of the F/V Simon Bolivar, an Ecuador-flagged fishing vessel interdicted May 8 while carrying four tons of cocaine. Invoking Articles 4 and 17 of the 1988 UN Convention Ag [...]
2005-05-12 22:14:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
05QUITO120DEMINING: POLITICAL PROBLEMS THREATEN OPERATIONAL
[...] SUMMARY: Humanitarian demining (HD) continues apace in Ecuador, although political difficulties - both bilateral and multilateral - threaten future effectiveness. 2004 successes include the conclusion of mine clearance operations in El Oro, near-completion in Loja, and termination of mine im [...]
2005-01-19 20:04:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDKHDP PHUM MASS MOPS MARR EC PE
05QUITO1256PRESIDENT PALACIO SENDING MIXED SIGNALS
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting which failed to inspire great confidence in his leadership ability or vision, President Palacio told the Ambassador on May 31 that his government is focused on achieving durable political reforms. Palacio expressed continued concern about disloyalty in the police an [...]
2005-06-01 22:25:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MOPS KCRM EC
05QUITO1404WELCOME TO ECUADOR, GENERAL CRADDOCK
[...] (U) On behalf of Mission Ecuador, General, please accept a warm welcome on your second visit to this fascinating South American nation. Regrettably, your tight schedule forced an agenda trimming -- we initially had you traversing Ecuador's border with Colombia -- but we'll file that itinerary [...]
2005-06-16 13:39:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO1534FARC ATTACKS FURTHER ALIENATE QUITO, BOGOTA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: News of the FARC's lethal attacks in southern Putumayo June 25 spawned a counterproductive but oh-so-Ecuadorian response from politicians in Quito. Rather than condemning the narcoterrorists and acknowledging that border security requires bilateral cooperation, Palacio administ [...]
2005-06-29 15:15:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO2662COLOMBIA OFFERS OLIVE BRANCH ON SPRAYING
[...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian Vice FM Diego Ribadeneira and Colombian Vice FM Comilo Reyes met in Quito on November 17 to review key bilateral issues for the December 7 ministerial meeting. As predicted, the meeting primarily focused on northern border security issues including migration, refugees [...]
2005-11-21 21:45:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PTER SNAR CO EC
05QUITO2822ECUADOR-COLOMBIA TALKS ADVANCE ON BROAD RANGE OF
[...] (C) Summary: The meeting between FM Francisco Carrion and his Colombian counterpart Carolina Barco which took place here on December 7 is being touted by the GOE and the Colombian Embassy here as a success. Both governments committed to increasing security measures along the border region, [...]
2005-12-12 19:37:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS MASS SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO369AMBASSADOR VISITS COASTAL CITY HOSTING FIRST U.S.
[...] Summary: During a two-day trip to the northern coastal city of Esmeraldas, the Ambassador visited with local officials and highlighted the positive impact of U.S. assistance on the province. Our emphasis on both security and development resonated, even in a city dominated by the far-left Pe [...]
2005-02-15 22:44:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KWMN EC
05QUITO491CNIES UPDATE: REQUESTING A ONE-MONTH REPRIEVE
[...] (C) Embassy Quito seeks a one-month delay before the USG disables the CNIES system -- in whole or in part -- in Ecuador. 2. (C) In recent weeks, we have seen the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) CNIES-energized, and worry that "flipping the switch" now could be counter-productive to negotiation [...]
2005-03-02 12:40:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS PREL EC EARI
05QUITO666CNIES UPDATE: ECUADOR DISMISSES STOCK TEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Attempting to dissipate confusion and spur movement on CNIES negotiations, Embassy officers called on Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) leaders March 22 and worked through the USG boilerplate line-by-line. The FAE remains convinced, however, that current agreement language does not re [...]
2005-03-23 22:41:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS MASS PREL EC EARI
05QUITO773WELCOME TO ECUADOR, GENERAL MYERS
[...] (U) On behalf of the Mission Ecuador team, General, please accept a hearty welcome to Ecuador. Into your three hour stop we have packed a bilat with GoE President Lucio Gutierrez, a press conference with your joint chief counterpart, and a working lunch with the Ecuadorian high command; the [...]
2005-04-07 22:17:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
05QUITO789CJCS VISIT SUPPORTS DEMOCRACY, IMPROVED MIL-MIL
[...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Richard Myers' April 11 visit to Quito advanced bilateral relations with Ecuador by signaling our continued commitment to military cooperation, and supported our pro-democracy and pro-stability agenda at a sensitive moment. To President Gutierre [...]
2005-04-12 18:35:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO962DEFMIN FOCUSED ON GOVERNANCE AND HEALTH, NOT
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on new Ecuadorian Defense Minister Solon Espinosa April 27. Avoiding mention of the security threats facing his nation, Espinosa instead trumpeted new President Alfredo Palacio's honesty and his administration's intention to raise health standards [...]
2005-04-28 19:08:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR MOPS MASS EC CO
05RABAT2203MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES MISSING IN IRAQ
[...] (C) DCM called MFA Secretary General Omar Hilali October 24 regarding the Moroccan employees reported to Embassy Amman as missing in Iraq. The DCM expressed concern for the missing individuals and assured Hilali of U.S. desire to cooperate to the extent possible on this matter. Hilali said [...]
2005-10-25 14:16:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALIZ JO MO MOPS PTER
05RANGOON104BURMA: U.S. BILATERAL INITIATIVES VICTIM OF
[...] (C) Summary: The GOB's new intelligence chief has considerably less political stature and experience than ousted Prime Minister and Military Intelligence Czar Khin Nyunt and oversees a military intelligence apparatus with a reduced mandate and less authority. It is unclear whether the new ap [...]
2005-01-14 22:10:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR MOPS KCRM BM
05RANGOON351BURMESE ARMY PREPARES TO THROW A PARTY - FOR ITSELF
[...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime is undertaking extensive preparations to commemorate the country's 60th Armed Forces Day (March 27),in more grandiose fashion than ever, with a traditional military parade and associated events, to which the general public is denied any access. This year, in a [...]
2005-03-22 11:11:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINS MOPS ASEC BM
05RANGOON714BURMA: ALLEGED USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS ALONG THAI
[...] (S/NF) Per reftel request, we are providing this Embassy Rangoon interagency response to questions regarding the alleged use of chemical weapons by Burmese army forces in a battle near the Thai border in February 2005. Answers are keyed to numbered reftel questions. CG Chiang Mai has cleared [...]
2005-06-14 10:24:00Embassy RangoonSECRET//NOFORNPINR MOPS PHUM BM
05RANGOON87A RARE GLIMPSE INTO BURMA'S NAGA REGION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Burma's Naga region, abutting the Indian border some 350 miles NW of Mandalay, is quiet but edgy, with "three governments--the underground, the Indian underground, and the Government" all exploiting villagers' resources, according to a Naga leader. Traditional opium poppy cult [...]
2005-01-21 05:20:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR MOPS PINS SENV BM
05RIYADH9341DELIVERY OF SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO GCC
[...] (C) A/DCM conveyed ref message to the Director of the Office of the Foreign Minister. The Director provided no substantive response, but said the message would be forwarded to the Foreign Minister in advance of the GCC Summit. GFOELLER [...]
2005-12-18 06:48:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL SA
05ROME1021IRAQ: ITALIAN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION REQUESTS -
[...] (S) Summary: Ref A requests that Embassy Rome, Department and OSD discuss whether the Italian criminal investigation team looking into the March 4 shooting by US forces of Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari should be supported based on the terms of reference (Ref D) or other arrangem [...]
2005-03-24 15:44:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1024IRAQ: US/ITALY JOINT INVESTIGATION - LOOKING AHEAD
[...] (S) SUMMARY: We have gotten past Italian nervousness (Ref A) about participating jointly in the full range of Gen. Vangjel's investigation into the March 4 death of Nicola Calipari. PM Berlusconi's office, which is tightly managing the Italian public stance on this issue, remains concerned ab [...]
2005-03-25 06:17:00Embassy RomeSECRETIT IZ KJUS MOPS PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1270 CALIPARI: ITALY PROPOSES SPLITTING JOINT REPORT FROM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Italian government officials tell us they will refuse signature or endorsement as a "joint report" of any MNF-I AR 15-6 inves contains the unqualified conclusion that personal responsibility for th cannot be assigned and U.S. forces did not violate their ROE. They say a political [...]
2005-04-14 15:17:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1392IRAQ/ITALY: CALIPARI INVESTIGATION AND THE VIEW
[...] (S) Summary: Based on what senior GOI officials have told us in the past 48 hours, we believe there is little chance that we can achieve a joint report in Baghdad on the March 4 Calipari shooting. We should prepare a public affairs strategy for that outcome now. The GOI's national security [...]
2005-04-22 16:57:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1456IRAQ: ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR THE TRANSITIONAL
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Iraq Task Force Director Damiano Francovigh. The MFA had already issued a statement on the formation of the Iraq Transitional Government. An informal translation of the statement is provided below. 2. (U) Begin text. The expected confidenc [...]
2005-04-29 11:07:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1484IRAQ: ITALIANS LEND SUPPORT TO AMB JONES'
[...] (C) Summary. Senior diplomatic officials told Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones during his April 22 visit to Rome that Italy intends to continue its engagement in stabilization efforts in Iraq. They were optimistic that the current political stalemate, th [...]
2005-05-02 11:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1506IRAQ/ITALY: BERLUSCONI TRYING TO PUT CALIPARI
[...] (S) Summary and Recommendation: Just prior to the May 2 release of the Italian report on the March 4 killing of intelligence officer Nicola Calipari at a U.S. checkpoint in Baghdad, Ambassador, DCM and PolMilCouns were called to PM Berlusconi's office to receive an advance copy of the report and to [...]
2005-05-03 15:18:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1593IRAQ/ITALY: BERLUSCONI IN PARLIAMENT ON CALIPARI-
[...] (S) Summary and Recommendation: On May 5-6, PM Berlusconi spoke to both houses of Parliament about the joint investigation and separate reports of the March 4 shooting of Italian Intelligence officer Nicola Calipari by US forces near Baghdad. While Berlusconi defended the Italian report and took is [...]
2005-05-09 15:53:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS KJUS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1633GDPR: ITALIAN BASING FOR SOF IN ITALIAN PRESS -
[...] (S) Summary. In early May, Italian papers picked up the March Stars and Stripes story citing SACEUR General Jones' comment that US European Special Forces (SOF) would be consolidated in Sigonella, Italy or in Rota, Spain. The press coverage led opposition Parliamentarians to demand an explana [...]
2005-05-11 15:14:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS MARR IT NATO
05ROME1635IRAQ/ITALY:MORE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS ON
[...] (C) Summary. Following Berlusconi's recent statements on future troop withdrawals in Iraq (Ref A),both DefMin Martino and FM Fini have made statements in the past week suggesting that Italy will begin a major drawdown after the end of the year. Post views these statements, in the run-up to na [...]
2005-05-12 07:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1734ITALIAN VIEWS ON MAY 23 GAERC AGENDA
[...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP told Poloff that the GAERC would begin with a Monday morning EU defense ministers meeting to discuss an ESDP progress report. He described the draft he had seen as "non-controversial," with a dozen or so chapters devoted to assessments of rapid response capabilit [...]
2005-05-19 15:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALCH PREL MARR MOPS IT EUN
05ROME178AFGHANISTAN: ITALY ON PRT/FSB RECCE TRIP -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-19 15:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
05ROME1824ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: KIDNAPPING CHILLS ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 23 meeting, Italy's Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Minister Anna Della Croce, worried that the kidnapping of the Italian CARE International worker might chill humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan. Della Croce and Italy's G8 Sous-Sherpa told us Italy fully supports the [...]
2005-05-27 16:47:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EAID MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
05ROME1859UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MAY 13 DISCUSSIONS IN ROME
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Burns exchanged views with senior Italian Foreign Ministry officials on UN Security Council reform, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Syria/Lebanon, Darfur, and Iran during his May 13 stopover in Rome. On most issues, Italian positions were [...]
2005-06-01 09:45:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS SY LE AF SR IT EUN BI
05ROME1979EUR A/S FRIED'S ROME CONSULTATIONS, JUNE 6-7, 2005
[...] (C) Summary: EUR A/S Dan Fried met with Italian officials and press June 6-7 to stress our commitment to a strong U.S.-European partnership working through NATO and with the EU ready to tackle worldwide challenges. Italians viewed the "no" votes in France and the Netherlands on the EU C [...]
2005-06-10 11:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IT NATO
05ROME2046DARFUR:ITALIAN SORTIES GET NATO FLAGS
[...] (C) Italy will designate all its aircraft sorties to Darfur as part of NATO's operation, according to MFA NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi. In a June 15 conversation with PolMilOff, Brauzzi said that Italy will use a yet to be determined number of Boeing 707s for the mission. All Itali [...]
2005-06-15 14:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR SU IT NATO
05ROME211AFGHANISTAN: PRT/FSB -- ITALY URGENTLY SEEKING
[...] (U) This is an action cable. See Paragraphs 2 and 5. 2. (C) Summary. Italy is firm in its commitment and poised to deploy a PRT and FSB to Herat before Afghan parliamentary elections (Reftel A). However, after receiving recent U.S. demarches on Stage II requirements, the Italians are having [...]
2005-01-21 17:02:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
05ROME2115IRAQ/ITALY - MOD/IDGS STUDYING ISF EMBEDDING
[...] (S) Ambassador discussed Engaging the Coalition message (Ref A) with DefMin Martino June 17; Army Attache and PolMilCouns, accompanied by UK counterparts, followed up with D/CHOD Castagnetti and MoD Diplomatic Advisor Amerio June 20. The Italians noted that while they would begin an internal [...]
2005-06-20 16:46:00Embassy RomeSECRETMARR MOPS PREL IT IZ NATO EUN IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2179ITALY: SIGONELLA TA APPROVAL CRITICAL TO MIL-MIL
[...] (C) Post wishes to highlight the importance to US-Italy relations of rapid approval in Washington of the just-concluded negotiations on the Sigonella Technical Arrangement. The 1995 "Shell Agreement" stipulates that the US and Italy will negotiate technical arrangements (TA) for each Italian [...]
2005-06-27 13:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
05ROME2348IRAQ: ITALIANS FOCUSED ON UN MANDATE, TROOP
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones and CENTCOM Deputy Commander LTG Lance Smith led a delegation to Rome July 6-7 to discuss the way forward in Iraq with senior Italian diplomatic and military officials. The Italians stressed that Italy's con [...]
2005-07-14 06:42:00Embassy RomeSECRETPGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2569IRAQ/ITALIAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT: PARLIAMENT EXTENDS
[...] (U) Summary. On July 27, the Italian Parliament extended funding for Italy's mission in Iraq to December 31, 2005, by a wide majority. With the exception of the Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR),the opposition voted against. Wide differences of opinion have emerged within the opposition [...]
2005-08-02 14:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2734ITALY SEES NO NEED TO CHANGE ISAF'S UN MANDATE
[...] (C) Acting Pol-Mil Counselor and Pol-Mil Officer met with MFA NATO Office Director Brauzzi August 17 to discuss further the renewal of ISAF's UN mandate (reftels). Brauzzi said he saw no need to change the mandate when it comes up for renewal. The real issue, he said, is NATO's OPLAN, which [...]
2005-08-18 10:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL AF IT NATO
05ROME2835ITALIAN MFA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. To ensure Italian participation in an upcoming U.S.-led military exercise in West Africa, the Italian MFA has asked for USG assistance in paving the way for Italy to conclude bilateral status of forces-type agreement [...]
2005-08-25 14:17:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PARM PREL XY IT NATO
05ROME2885IRAQ: ITALY PRAISES DRAFT IRAQI CONSTITUTION
[...] (U) DCM has requested an appointment to discuss reftel demarche with the MFA's Director General for the Mediterranean and the Middle East. In the meantime, below are comments from PM Berlusconi and Deputy PM/FM Fini regarding the Iraqi constitution. 2. (U) In an August 28 press statement [...]
2005-08-30 12:01:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2937IRAQ: ITALY REMAINS COMMITTED ON ALL FRONTS, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. Though Italian leaders publicly praised the signing of the new Iraqi constitution (Ref B),MFA officials privately told us they have deep cause for concern, especially regarding what they perceive as the lack of inclusiveness of all ethnic groups in the political process. However [...]
2005-09-02 17:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME296IRAQ: ITALY ON BOARD WITH EVOLVING MNF-I MISSION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials are well-aware of and comfortable with proposals for the MNF-I to shift some emphasis to training and increasing the capacity of Iraqi Security Forces. Italy intends to maintain its current force [...]
2005-01-28 16:10:00Embassy RomeSECRETPGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME3080PROMOTING GREATER TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION: EUR
[...] (C) Summary. EUR PDAS Volker discussed BMENA, Iraq, Iran, Turkey's accession to the EU, and the Balkans with senior Italian MFA officials during his September 6 stopover in Rome. Greater transatlantic cooperation, especially in dealing with challenges outside of Europe, provided the backdrop [...]
2005-09-15 10:44:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IR IZ IT EUN
05ROME3179ITALY: AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PRODI AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted lunch on September 20 for Center-Left political leaders Romano Prodi, Piero Fassino, Francesco Rutelli, and Massimo D'Alema. The four politicians were mostly in sync, willing to contradict each other politely, and were only moderately deferential to their p [...]
2005-09-23 11:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME3226IRAQ: ITALY REASSURES IT WILL NOT CUT AND RUN
[...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials, commenting on the recent visit to Rome by Dhi Qar province Governor Aziz Kadum Aluan Al Aghely, insist that Italy has no intention of withdrawing more troops from Iraq in the near future. As conditions permit, however, they do envision a progressive withdr [...]
2005-09-27 15:00:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME3591ITALY: CHOD CALLS SIGONELLA TA "ABSOLUTE
[...] (C) In an October 19 meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Daniel Fata, Italian Chief of Defense ADM Di Paola said that concluding the Sigonella Technical Arrangement in the near future was "an absolute necessity." Di Paola said that, if there were to be a change of gove [...]
2005-10-26 14:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
05ROME3632PM BERLUSCONI'S FOCUS WILL BE IRAQ TROOP LEVELS
[...] (U) The Ambassador called on PM Silvio Berlusconi on the eve of Berlusconi's trip to Washington for his meeting with POTUS. Berlusconi was accompanied by Under Secretary for the Council of Ministers Gianni Letta, Special Assistant Valentino Valenti, Diplomatic Counselor Gianpaolo Scarante and [...]
2005-10-31 06:19:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME3697ITALIAN DEFENSE BUDGET: PM'S OFFICE SEES PROPOSED
[...] (C) After hearing in the past few weeks from the Chief of the Italian Defense General Staff and the Minister of Defense that cuts envisioned by the proposed Italian defense budget for 2006 would put Italian defense spending in the range of 0.85-to-0.9 percent of GDP, jeopardizing Italian parti [...]
2005-11-04 16:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR ECON IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME3936ITALY: ON IRAQ CENTER-LEFT MOVES RIGHT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DS Party Secretary Piero Fassino says that if a Center-Left government comes to power next spring it would withdraw troops from Iraq in close coordination with the Iraqi government, the U.S. and other allies. A DS Official told us that Center-Left PM candidate Romano Prodi had a [...]
2005-11-30 16:21:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME4093INVESTING IN ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR NATO:
[...] (U) Summary. On December 8-10, five Italian foreign affairs advisors to government and opposition political parties took part in a highly successful "Opinion-Makers" NATO tour with follow-on to Afghanistan. In addition to educating Italian policymakers about NATO, the tour's purpose was to de [...]
2005-12-20 09:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OPRC MOPS IT AF NATO AFGHANISTAN
05ROME537 IRAQ: ITALIAN SENATE APPROVES CONTINUED FUNDING
[...] SUMMARY: The Italian Senate has approved funding for Italy's continued military mission in Iraq. We expect the Chamber to follow suit when the measure is scheduled for a vote in the lower house in the coming weeks. END SUMMARY. 2. On February 16, the Italian Senate approved financing f [...]
2005-02-17 15:14:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS MARR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
05ROME781IRAQ/ITALY: ACCIDENTAL KILLING IN BAGHDAD,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In the last 24 hours PM Berlusconi has pressed hard for the establishment of some mechanism to show that Italy was an active participant in the investigation into the killing of Italian intel officer Nicola Calipari by US forces near Baghdad, which he could use to calm criticism o [...]
2005-03-08 20:11:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME799 IRAQ/ITALY: FM FINI SPEAKS TO PARLIAMENT ON
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: DPM/FM Gianfranco Fini told the Chamber of Deputies March 8 that the March 4 killing by a U.S.patrol of Italian SISMI official Nicola Calipari near Camp Victory in Baghdad was "certainly an accident" but that there [...]
2005-03-10 05:27:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME821 IRAQ/ITALY: PM BERLUSCONI SPEAKS TO THE SENATE ON
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Italian PM Berlusconi stressed to the Senate March 9 the importance of the U.S.'s "unprecedented" decision to allow Italy to participate in the investigation of the circumstances that led to the March 4 killing of [...]
2005-03-11 05:18:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME858U.S.-ITALY INVESTIGATION INTO DEATH OF ITALIAN OFFICIAL CALIPARI IN IRAQ
[...] (SBU) By exchange of letters dated March 12, the Embassy concurred with the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the subject investigation as proposed by the GOI. The Italian letter containing the proposed TOR follows the text reported in para 7 of reftel and was signed by Undersecretary in the Prime [...]
2005-03-14 16:18:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM PHUM
05ROME886IRAQ/ITALY: BERLUSCONI SAYS ITALY TO BEGIN
[...] (C) On March 15, PM Berlusconi said in a TV interview that Italy would begin reducing its troop presence in Iraq in September, conditions permitting. He did not refer to any Italian draw-down in his presentations to the Senate last week and his statement caught Italian officials off-guard. De [...]
2005-03-16 11:52:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
05ROME902IRAQ/ITALY - TRANSCRIPT AND COMMENT ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Berlusconi's comments on the March 15 edition of ""Porta a Porta,"" a popular television news/interview program, suggesting the withdrawal of Italian troops from Iraq beginning in September of this year, have made an impact in both the Italian popular press and in internatio [...]
2005-03-17 05:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
05ROME919IRAQ/ITALY: PARLIAMENT APPROVES FUNDING FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 15, the Italian Chamber of Deputies gave final approval to extend through June 30 funding for Italy's military mission in Iraq. We expect funding to be extended for the July-December period without difficulty, given the size of the Government's majority. The subseque [...]
2005-03-17 16:44:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS MARR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
05SANAA131YEMEN CLOSES ITS AIRSPACE FOR TWO DAYS OVER
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE, PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 8. 2. Summary: The Yemeni Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (CAMA) denied U.S. military aircraft clearances on January 21 and 22, due to a dispute simmering for at least eight years regarding overflight and landing fees. After a meet [...]
2005-03-04 13:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KREC KSEP MARR MOPS PREL YM PBTS
05SANAA1331NOTIFICATION OF RETURN OF NON-ENEMY COMBATANT
[...] (C) On May 18 Ambassador delivered Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) notification to Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi regarding the release of a Yemeni detainee from GTMO (ref A). Ambassador asked Qirbi to confirm the ROYG's willingness to accept this individual, as well as other Yemen [...]
2005-05-18 11:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PHUM PREF PINR KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1500SCENESETTER FOR NAVCENT COMMANDER - VADM NICHOLS
[...] (S/NF) EMBASSY SANAA WARMLY WELCOMES THE VISIT OF NAVCENT COMMANDER, VADM NICHOLS, AND HIS STAFF JUNE 12-13. YOU WILL FIND THAT OPERATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING AND MARITIME COOPERATION BETWEEN USG AND ROYG IS INCREASING. YOU WILL MEET WITH DEFENSE MINISTER, MAJOR GENERAL ABDULLAH ALI A [...]
2005-06-01 12:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMARR MASS MOPS YM COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
05SANAA1723SAADA REBELLION FOCUSES ATTENTION ON YEMEN'S ZAYDI
[...] (C) Summary. The on-going Shabab al-Moumineen (Believing Youth) rebellion against the Yemeni regime has brought international attention to Yemen's Zaydi Shia population. The line between Sunni and Shia is blurred in Yemen; Sunnis and Shiites pray in the same mosques, and identity is derived f [...]
2005-06-21 14:40:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL MOPS YM
05SANAA1817ZAYDIS PERCEIVE PERSECUTION AS ROYG CRACKS DOWN ON
[...] (C) Summary. With the second Saada conflict in a year between the ROYG and the "Shabab al-Moumineen" (Believing Youth),continuing to simmer in its third month, President Saleh is reportedly increasing efforts to silence prominent opposition parties and critics. Recently these actions targete [...]
2005-07-02 14:20:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL MOPS YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA647HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SOCCENT JCET IN
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this date the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by any members of the Yemen Special Operations Force (YSOF). 2. Additionally, the following human ri [...]
2005-03-19 06:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM YM
05SANAA935SAADA-RELATED MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT SALIH URGENTLY REQUESTS MATERIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HIS SECURITY FORCES CURRENTLY ENGAGED WITH AL-HOUTHI INSURGENTS. THE LIST OF REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED BY MINISTER OF INTERIOR, MAJOR GENERAL ALIMI (SEPTEL) ON 9 APRIL 05 SHOULD BECOME THE STARTING POINT FOR YEMEN ASSISTAN [...]
2005-04-13 14:14:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA951HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SOCCENT JCET IN
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this date the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by any members of the Yemen CoastGuard (YCG). 2. Additionally, the following human rights vetting i [...]
2005-04-16 11:46:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM YM MARITIME SECURITY HUMAN RIGHTS
05SANSALVADOR2661EL SALVADOR DECLINES REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN DETAINEES FROM GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) After repeated Embassy attempts at various MFA levels, El Salvador replied on September 23 regarding the resettlement of the Uighur detainees from Guantanamo. The MFA officially replied that "at this time, it will not be possible to help with the referenced request". Butler [...]
2005-09-23 22:46:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL PHUM PREF PTER KAWC PINR
05SANSALVADOR3461EL SALVADOR: RECIPIENTS OF COPY OF NATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-12 15:03:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL IZ
05SANSALVADOR3537REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN FORCES PARTICIPATING IN TRAINING
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates: Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX Date of Birth: 11 February 1959 Place of Birth: San Salvador 3. Post has reviewed avail [...]
2005-12-21 17:14:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
05SANSALVADOR3539REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, date and place of birth for your reference. All individuals are male. X [...]
2005-12-21 18:55:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
05SANSALVADOR3560MESSAGE FOR COALITION PARTNERS ON FORCE ADJUSTMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-22 22:35:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETPGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ ES
05SANTIAGO2523CHILE: ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL STATUS FOR
[...] Post delivered ref A diplomatic note to Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials in the Special Policies Directorate and Directorate of Legal Affairs on December 15, and passed a courtesy copy to the Ministry of Defense. Post will follow up with these ministries next week. KELLY [...]
2005-12-16 20:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL KTIA MOPS CI
05SANTIAGO2559AMBASSADOR RAISES ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL
[...] The Ambassador raised the U.S. proposal that the U.S. and Chile conclude an exchange of diplomatic notes to cover Calendar Year 2006 military exercises with Deputy Foreign Ministry Cristian Barros on December 21. The Ambassador advised Barros that the Embassy had delivered a diplomatic note o [...]
2005-12-22 16:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL KTIA MOPS CI
05SANTIAGO2588BLUE MARLIN AND SBX-1 TRANSIT UNEVENTFUL, CHILE
[...] The Blue Marlin, carrying the SBX-1 radar array (ref D),cleared Chilean waters the morning of December 18. The passage was uneventful and occasioned no press coverage. On December 17, as it passed the Chilean port of Punta Arenas, the vessel offloaded the body of a Blue Marlin crewmember wh [...]
2005-12-29 11:30:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL PHSA CI
05SANTODOMINGO4671RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: DOMINICAN
[...] (S) Drawing on reftel talking points, DCM on October 4 raised with Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano our request that the Dominican Republic consider assisting in resettlement of the 15 Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity who have been approved for release from detention at Guantanam [...]
2005-10-18 12:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETMOPS PREL DR PTER PHUM PREF PINR
05SOFIA124DEFENSE MINISTER PLEADS FOR DEMONSTRATION OF
[...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Svinarov called the Charge to his office January 19 to repeat a now- familiar refrain: the current government must demonstrate to its electorate that there are tangible benefits to its deployment of troops in Iraq. The alternative, according to Svinarov, will b [...]
2005-01-20 15:42:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR IZ BU
05SOFIA139BULGARIA/IRAQ: PRESIDENT CALLS FOR A "QUICK
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov called January 21 for a "quick but not premature" withdrawal from the multinational force in Iraq, urging parliament to bring the Bulgarian troops home by the end of 2005. Purvanov, who addressed Parliament and the diplomatic corps on the third [...]
2005-01-21 16:37:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS IZ BU
05SOFIA1554BULGARIANS FOCUSING ON IRAQI FOLLOW-ON MISSION
[...] (C) Summary: In their Sept. 7 introductory meeting, new Bulgarian FM Kalfin told Ambassador Beyrle that Bulgaria considers it very important to be "loyal, predictable and remain involved in Iraq," and hopes to have its position regarding follow-on Iraqi military participation ready for disc [...]
2005-09-07 13:26:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALBU IZ MARR MOPS NATO
05SOFIA1578NEW DEFENSE MINISTER CONFIRMS PLANS TO ADDRESS
[...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov told Amb. Beyrle September 9 that an interagency working group would be ready to receive USG experts soon to discuss the timing and manner of withdrawing Bulgaria's contingent from Iraq, as well as a possible follow-on mission. He also expressed [...]
2005-09-12 15:15:00Embassy SofiaSECRETMARR MOPS PREL IZ BU NATO
05SOFIA1639BULGARIANS REACT TO IRAQ FOLLOW-ON MISSION
[...] (C) Summary. A Washington engagement team presented Bulgarian security officials September 21 with three possible follow-on missions in Iraq. The expert-level Bulgarian interagency group was receptive and positive, but repeatedly noted the difficult political decision that awaits the governme [...]
2005-09-21 17:03:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ BU NATO
05SOFIA1675BULGARIA PUSHING TO RESOLVE IRAQ & SHARED BASES
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Kalfin told Amb. Beyrle September 28 that Bulgaria intends to have selected a follow-on mission in Iraq prior to the October 17 Bush-Purvanov meeting in Washington. He said that Bulgaria wishes to focus on the draft Defense Cooperation Agreement during next week [...]
2005-09-29 16:09:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL BG IZ LY
05SOFIA1704BULGARIAN TROOPS LIKELY TO REMAIN IN IRAQ THROUGH
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Stanishev told Ambassador October 5 that Bulgaria will likely maintain its contingent in Iraq through the December 15 elections. The decision regarding a follow-on military activity is still under discussion and will next be considered in the coalition government,s [...]
2005-10-05 15:08:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALBU IZ MARR MOPS NATO
05SOFIA1719BULGARIA PROPOSES MINIMAL FOLLOW-ON MISSION IN IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 8 2. (S) Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed DCM Oct. 7 that Bulgaria,s follow-on military activity in Iraq would consist of 40 soldiers dedicated to the NATO Training (NTM-I) and Multi-National Security Transition Command (MNST [...]
2005-10-07 12:54:00Embassy SofiaSECRETMARR MOPS PREL BU IZ NATO
05SOFIA1741BULGARIAN PRESIDENT'S AGENDA FOR OCTOBER 17 WHITE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Beyrle met the evening of October 10 with President Purvanov at the President's request to discuss Purvanov's upcoming visit to Washington. Purvanov provided a non paper outlining "key points" for his meeting with President Bush (ref A and para 4 below). He confirmed [...]
2005-10-12 11:54:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM MARR MOPS EINV OVIP IZ LY BG
05SOFIA1765BULGARIA AGREES TO DEFER IRAQ FOLLOW-ON MISSION
[...] (C) Based on ref A demarche, the Bulgarian government agreed to postpone decision regarding its Iraqi follow-on mission until after President Purvanov,s meeting with President Bush. Rayko Raychev, chief of staff to Foreign Minister Kalfin told DCM that the Council of Ministers, which had bee [...]
2005-10-13 11:46:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ BU NATO
05SOFIA1860BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINSTER DISCUSSES LIBYA, IRAQ,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Kalfin told the Ambassador October 27 that Bulgaria would be ready "soon" to continue discussions regarding a follow-on mission for Bulgarian soldiers in Iraq. We will follow up with the MFA the week of October 31. On the fate of the Bulgarian nurses sentenced t [...]
2005-10-28 15:01:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KCRM LY IZ BU
05SOFIA1902BULGARIA: PRESIDENT SIGNALS A MEK DECISION IS CLOSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 8 meeting with the Ambassador, President Parvanov mirrored the General Staff's forward-leaning position on Bulgaria's follow-on activities in Iraq, indicating the government is now leaning toward the MEK mission at Camp Ashraf. He also expressed his optimism for a p [...]
2005-11-08 15:39:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR KCRM IZ BU
05SOFIA35PRESIDENT REQUEST CLOSER CONSULTATION ON IRAQ, SUPPORT FOR IMPRISONED MEDICS IN LIBYA
[...] (C) Summar. Presiden Purvanov said that Bulgarian forceswould remain in Iraq and asked for closer policy-evel coordination, especially with regard to theredeployment of its battalion in Karbala. He ured the U.S. to maintain pressure on the Libyan rgime to release the five Bulgarian medical [...]
2005-02-25 15:36:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS IZ LY BU ARR
05SOFIA358PRESIDENT REQUEST CLOSER CONSULTATION ON IRAQ, SUPPORT FOR IMPRISONED MEDICS IN LIBYA
[...] (C) Summar. Presiden Purvanov said that Bulgarian forceswould remain in Iraq and asked for closer policy-evel coordination, especially with regard to theredeployment of its battalion in Karbala. He ured the U.S. to maintain pressure on the Libyan rgime to release the five Bulgarian medical [...]
2005-02-25 15:36:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS IZ LY BU ARR
05SOFIA436BULGARIAN LEADERS ASSERT SOLDIER KILLED BY U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha and President Georgi Purvanov called the Ambassador to their offices March 7 to assert that the Bulgarian soldier killed in Iraq on March 4 died as a result of friendly fire by U.S. forces. In separate, back-to- [...]
2005-03-07 13:13:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ BG
05SOFIA524BULGARIA/IRAQ: POLITICS FORCING MOVE TOWARD EXIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Defense Minister Svinarov's public statement that Bulgaria may pull its troops out of Iraq by year-end is strong evidence that election-year politics are forcing the government to move rapidly toward an exit strategy. Despite Svinarov's comments, no such decision has in fact been [...]
2005-03-18 13:55:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV IZ BU
05SOFIA548SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO WASHINGTON OF BULGARIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy's meeting with you on March 25 is an opportunity to shape Bulgaria's commitment to the Iraq coalition as the government searches for an exit strategy. Passy has consistently been the most pro-American voice in this government on the full [...]
2005-03-22 15:01:00Embassy SofiaSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS MARR EFIN LY IZ BU EUN
05SOFIA557SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Your visit to Sofia comes in the midst of a highly politicized review of Bulgaria's military participation in Iraq. With Parliamentary elections scheduled for June, the government has clearly decided that an Iraq exit strategy must be announced before the campaign season begins. [...]
2005-03-24 10:48:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS ECON LY IZ BU
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